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Analysis of Patient Safety Incident reporting system as an indicator of quality nursing in critical care units in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors influencing patient safety incident reporting in African healthcare organisations: a systematic integrative review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Patient safety incident reporting systems and reporting practices in African healthcare organisations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open quality · 2025Pooled it
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- Medical Error Reporting among healthcare workers in a Kenyan tertiary level hospital: a knowledge, attitude, and practice study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- The combined application of Mini-CEX and Check-list Scales in enhancing clinical competence among emergency and critical care residents: a comparative study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Interprofessional Competencies for Effective Interprofessional Collaborative Practices Amongst Intensive Care Unit Teams in the North West Province, South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Assessing patients' experience of care in four referral hospitals: a cross-sectional survey of outpatients in two South African rural provinces.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning Guidelines Implemented by Health Care Professionals in Specialized Care Units: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Nursing categories' perceptions of the practice environment and quality of care in North West Province: a cross-sectional survey design.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Patient safety incident reporting behavior and its associated factors among healthcare professionals in Hadiya zone, Ethiopia: A facility based cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2024Article
- Nurse perceptions of practice environment, quality of care and patient safety across four hospital levels within the public health sector of South Africa.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- A retrospective analysis of adverse events reported by Tunisian intensive care units' professionals.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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- A qualitative study of the reasons for low patient safety incident reporting among Indonesian nurses.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Article
- Patient safety attitude among healthcare workers at different levels of healthcare in Sharqia Governorate, Egypt.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2022Article
- The status and the factors that influence patient safety in health care institutions in Africa: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatient Safety Incidents occur frequently in critical care units, contribute to patient harm, compromise quality of patient care and increase healthcare costs. It is essential that Patient Safety Incidents in critical care units are continually measured to plan for quality improvement interventions.
aimTo analyse Patient Safety Incident reporting system, including the evidence of types, frequencies, and patient outcomes of reported incidents in critical care units.
settingThe study was conducted in the critical care units of ten hospitals of eThekwini district, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
methodsA quantitative approach using a descriptive cross sectional survey was adopted to collect data from the registered nurses working in critical care units of randomly selected hospitals. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 270 registered nurses of which 224 (83%) returned completed questionnaires. A descriptive statistical analysis was initially conducted, then the Pearson Chi-square test was performed between the participating hospitals.
findingsOne thousand and seventeen (
conclusionThis study's findings indicating 1017 Patient Safety Incidents of predominantly serious nature, (47% considering moderate, major and catastrophic) are a cause for concern.
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