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dc.contributor.authorHendrie, Jamesen
dc.contributor.authorSammartino, Lukeen
dc.contributor.authorSilvapulle, Mervyn Jen
dc.contributor.authorBraitberg, Georgeen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-15T23:44:26Z
dc.date.available2015-05-15T23:44:26Z
dc.date.issued2007-02-01en
dc.identifier.citationEmergency Medicine Australasia : EMA; 19(1): 16-24en
dc.identifier.govdoc17305656en
dc.identifier.otherPUBMEDen
dc.identifier.urihttps://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10323en
dc.description.abstractThe study was performed to determine the incidence, outcome and preventability of adverse events (AE) in an ED.The Quality in Australian Health Care Study methodology, modified to the ED, was utilized. Case histories of patients presenting to a tertiary hospital ED were screened for events. Events detected were classified, using a 104-item data collection instrument, entered on Excel and analysed statistically using MINITAB.A total of 5345 patients presented during the study period. Three thousand three hundred and thirty-two patients completed full evaluation and comprised the study population. One hundred and ninety-four events were detected. Except where specified, events with management causation < or = 3 were excluded. This excluded 24 events (12.4%) leaving 170 for analysis. Of patients suffering an event, 53.5% occurred prior ED attendance, 41.7% of AE occurred within the ED, and 4.7% had contributions from both. The overall event rate, detected by the screening process, was 5.1%, with an incident rate of 1.98% and AE rate of 3.12%. The ED AE rate was 1.0%. If only those with management causation = 1 are excluded, then the overall event rate was 5.52%, with an AE rate of 3.33%. Fifty-five per cent of events were judged to be preventable (preventability score > or = 3). Events resulting in death and disability were more likely to be preventable (P < or = 0.04).In conclusion, the Quality in Australian Health Care Study methodology has been utilized to provide data on incidents and AE in an ED.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.otherAdolescenten
dc.subject.otherAgeden
dc.subject.otherAged, 80 and overen
dc.subject.otherChilden
dc.subject.otherChild, Preschoolen
dc.subject.otherEmergency Service, Hospital.standards.statistics & numerical dataen
dc.subject.otherFemaleen
dc.subject.otherHumansen
dc.subject.otherIncidenceen
dc.subject.otherMaleen
dc.subject.otherMedical Errors.adverse effects.prevention & control.statistics & numerical dataen
dc.subject.otherMiddle Ageden
dc.subject.otherOutcome Assessment (Health Care)en
dc.subject.otherRetrospective Studiesen
dc.titleExperience in adverse events detection in an emergency department: incidence and outcome of events.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.journaltitleEmergency Medicine Australasia : EMAen
dc.identifier.affiliationEmergency Department, Austin Health, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00896.xen
dc.description.pages16-24en
dc.relation.urlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17305656en
dc.type.austinJournal Articleen
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