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Nature and type of patient-reported safety incidents at a tertiary hospital in South Africa during the COVID-19 period (2018–2021)- A retrospective review
The healthcare sector in South Africa has seen a rise in medical errors and negligence adversely affecting healthcare delivery. This study aimed to determine the nature and magnitude of Patient Safety Incidents at a tertiary hospital between April 2018 to March 2021 (the COVID-19 era). A retrospecti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10635523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37943822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293933 |
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author | Singh, Swabhavika Mahomed, Ozayr |
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description | The healthcare sector in South Africa has seen a rise in medical errors and negligence adversely affecting healthcare delivery. This study aimed to determine the nature and magnitude of Patient Safety Incidents at a tertiary hospital between April 2018 to March 2021 (the COVID-19 era). A retrospective review of Patient Safety Incidents forms and clinical records of inpatients above 12 years with a reported incident were included. The overall incidence of patient safety incidents was 4.40 PSIs per 10 000 patient-days. The majority of PSIs were harmful incidents (An incident that results in harm to a patient that is related to medical management, in contrast to disease complications or underlying disease) at 72.50% [145/200], followed by no harm incidents at 18.00% [36/200] and 9.50% [19/200] near-miss incidents. The five highest incident types were clinical process/procedure [83/200; 41.50%], behaviour [49/200; 24.50%], falls [28/200; 14%], complications [20/200; 10%], and pressure sores [11/200; 5.50%]. Incidents occurred more frequently within the week (83.50%) and during day shift (67.50%). Overall, the study showed low PSI reporting rates which is an inherent challenge with voluntary reporting. Notably, there has been an increasing trend in reporting. The results reflect a reporting culture more inclined to bring awareness to incidents that have negative outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-106355232023-11-10 Nature and type of patient-reported safety incidents at a tertiary hospital in South Africa during the COVID-19 period (2018–2021)- A retrospective review Singh, Swabhavika Mahomed, Ozayr PLoS One Research Article The healthcare sector in South Africa has seen a rise in medical errors and negligence adversely affecting healthcare delivery. This study aimed to determine the nature and magnitude of Patient Safety Incidents at a tertiary hospital between April 2018 to March 2021 (the COVID-19 era). A retrospective review of Patient Safety Incidents forms and clinical records of inpatients above 12 years with a reported incident were included. The overall incidence of patient safety incidents was 4.40 PSIs per 10 000 patient-days. The majority of PSIs were harmful incidents (An incident that results in harm to a patient that is related to medical management, in contrast to disease complications or underlying disease) at 72.50% [145/200], followed by no harm incidents at 18.00% [36/200] and 9.50% [19/200] near-miss incidents. The five highest incident types were clinical process/procedure [83/200; 41.50%], behaviour [49/200; 24.50%], falls [28/200; 14%], complications [20/200; 10%], and pressure sores [11/200; 5.50%]. Incidents occurred more frequently within the week (83.50%) and during day shift (67.50%). Overall, the study showed low PSI reporting rates which is an inherent challenge with voluntary reporting. Notably, there has been an increasing trend in reporting. The results reflect a reporting culture more inclined to bring awareness to incidents that have negative outcomes. Public Library of Science 2023-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10635523/ /pubmed/37943822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293933 Text en © 2023 Singh, Mahomed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Singh, Swabhavika Mahomed, Ozayr Nature and type of patient-reported safety incidents at a tertiary hospital in South Africa during the COVID-19 period (2018–2021)- A retrospective review |
title | Nature and type of patient-reported safety incidents at a tertiary hospital in South Africa during the COVID-19 period (2018–2021)- A retrospective review |
title_full | Nature and type of patient-reported safety incidents at a tertiary hospital in South Africa during the COVID-19 period (2018–2021)- A retrospective review |
title_fullStr | Nature and type of patient-reported safety incidents at a tertiary hospital in South Africa during the COVID-19 period (2018–2021)- A retrospective review |
title_full_unstemmed | Nature and type of patient-reported safety incidents at a tertiary hospital in South Africa during the COVID-19 period (2018–2021)- A retrospective review |
title_short | Nature and type of patient-reported safety incidents at a tertiary hospital in South Africa during the COVID-19 period (2018–2021)- A retrospective review |
title_sort | nature and type of patient-reported safety incidents at a tertiary hospital in south africa during the covid-19 period (2018–2021)- a retrospective review |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10635523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37943822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293933 |
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