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ArticleAtencion primaria2018

[Description of contributing factors in adverse events related to patient safety and their preventability].

María Mercedes Guerra-García, Beatriz Campos-Rivas, Alexandra Sanmarful-Schwarz, Alicia Vírseda-Sacristán, M Aránzazu Dorrego-López, Ángeles Charle-Crespo

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Article in Atencion primaria, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Tools for the investigation of adverse events: scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2022
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  4. Analysis of Patient Safety Incidents in Primary Care Reported in an Electronic Registry Application.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

María Mercedes Guerra-GarcíaFarmacia de Atención Primaria, Servizo de Atención Primaria de Porriño, Estructura Organizativa de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, Servizo Galego de Saúde, O Porriño, Pontevedra, España. Electronic address: maria.mercedes.guerra.garcia@sergas.es.
Beatriz Campos-RivasMedicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, Estructura Organizativa de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, Servizo Galego de Saúde, Vigo, Pontevedra, España.
Alexandra Sanmarful-SchwarzMedicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Servizo de Atención Primaria de Porriño, Estructura Organizativa de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, Servizo Galego de Saúde, O Porriño, Pontevedra, España.
Alicia Vírseda-SacristánMedicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Servizo de Atención Primaria de Porriño, Estructura Organizativa de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, Servizo Galego de Saúde, O Porriño, Pontevedra, España.
M Aránzazu Dorrego-LópezMedicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, Estructura Organizativa de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, Servizo Galego de Saúde, Vigo, Pontevedra, España.
Ángeles Charle-CrespoMedicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Servizo de Atención Primaria de Porriño, Estructura Organizativa de Xestión Integrada de Vigo, Servizo Galego de Saúde, O Porriño, Pontevedra, España.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the extent of healthcare related adverse events (AEs), their effect on patients, and their seriousness. To analyse the factors leading to the development of AEs, their relationship with the damage caused, and their degree of preventability.

designRetrospective descriptive study. LOCATION: Porriño, Pontevedra, Spain, Primary Care Service, from January-2014 to April-2016. PARTICIPANTS AND/OR CONTEXT: Reported AEs were entered into the Patient Safety Reporting and Learning System (SiNASP).

methodThe variables measured were: Near Incident (NI) an occurrence with no effect or harm on the patient; Adverse Event (AE) an occurrence that affects or harms a patient. The level of harm is classified as minimal, minor, moderate, critical, and catastrophic. Preventability was classified as little evidence of being preventable, 50% preventable, and sound evidence of being preventable. DATA ANALYSIS: percentages and Chi-squared test for qualitative variables; P<.05 with SPSS.15. DATA SOURCE: SiNASP. Ethical considerations: approved by the Research Ethics Committee (2016/344).

resultsThere were 166 recorded AEs (50.6% in males, and 46.4% in women. The mean age was 60.80years). Almost two-thirds 62.7% of AEs affected the patient, with 45.8% causing minimal damage, while 2.4% caused critical damages. Healthcare professionals were a contributing factor in 71.7% of the AEs, with the trend showing that poor communication and lack of protocols were related to the damage caused. Degree of preventability: 96.4%.

conclusionsMost AEs affected the patient, and were related to medication, diagnostic tests, and laboratory errors. The level of harm was related to communication problems, lack of, or deficient, protocols and a poor safety culture.

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Patient SafetyCommunicationDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansMaleMedical ErrorsMiddle AgedPrimary Health CareRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSpainAtención primaria de saludCalidad asistencialDaño sobre el pacientePatient harmPatient safetyPrimary health careQuality Health CareRiesgos sanitariosRisk managementSeguridad del paciente

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PMID29183678
PMCPMC6836922

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