Effect of patient safety strategies on the incidence of adverse events

Objective This study aims to estimate the incidence of adverse events (AEs) and avoidable AE in four hospital services before and after applying strategies for patient safety. Design Retrospective study of two cohorts (2006 and 2009). Setting General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Unit a...

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Published in:Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 2014-04, Vol.20 (2), p.184-190
Main Authors: Fernandez Sierra, M. Amelia, Rodriguez del Aguila, M. del Mar, Navarro Espigares, Jose Luis, Enriquez Maroto, M. Francisca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adverse events
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
avoidable effects
Communication
comparative-effectiveness research
Documentation
Female
hospital
Humans
Incidence
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Safety
Quality of Health Care - organization & administration
Risk Factors
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Summary:Objective This study aims to estimate the incidence of adverse events (AEs) and avoidable AE in four hospital services before and after applying strategies for patient safety. Design Retrospective study of two cohorts (2006 and 2009). Setting General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Unit and Oncology services. Participants A sample of 365 patients (2006) and 232 in 2009 randomly selected from the services previously cited. Interventions Strategies to improve patient safety (e.g. hand‐hygiene campaign). Main outcome measures Analyses were made of the change in the incidence and type of AE and avoidable AE, number of procedures and additional days of hospital stay, and the concordance between two recording systems. Results The incidence of patients with AE was 20.8% in 2006 compared with 28.9% in 2009 (P 
ISSN:1356-1294
1365-2753
DOI:10.1111/jep.12105