Reporting of unsafe conditions at an academic women and children's hospital.

Zoe G Grabinski; John Babineau; Nazreen Jamal; Anna P Silberman; Judith Dufault; Branden L Ford; David O. Kessler

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Reporting of unsafe conditions at an academic women and children's hospital.

September 29, 2021

Grabinski ZG, Babineau J, Jamal N, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2021;47(11):731-738.

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Incident reporting and analysis can lead to improvements in patient safety. This study analyzed incident reports regarding unsafe conditions (UC) in one academic women and children’s hospital. The majority of UCs were equipment and medication issues, and most had one or more contributing factors.

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