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Identifying no-harm incidents in home healthcare: a cohort study using trigger tool methodology.

August 5, 2020

Lindblad M, Unbeck M, Nilsson L, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20(1):289.

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This study used a trigger tool to retrospectively identify and characterize no-harm incidents affecting adult patients in home healthcare settings in Sweden. The most common incidents identified by the trigger tool were falls without injury, medication management incidents, and moderate pain. Common contributing factors included delayed, erroneous, or incomplete nursing care and treatment.

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