Near-miss events are really missed! Reflections on incident reporting in a department of pediatric surgery

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 405-410

  Mattioli, Girolamo ^a   Guida, Edoardo ^a   Montobbio, Giovanni ^b   Prato, Alessio Pini ^a   Carlucci, Marcello ^a   Cama, Armando ^b   Boero, Silvio ^b   Michelis, Maria Beatrice ^b   Castagnola, Elio ^b   Rosati, Ubaldo ^b   Jasonni, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Incident reporting; Near miss; Pediatric surgery; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC WARD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMA MALFUNCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84863506815     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-011-3047-5     Document Type: Article

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