• R Marañón, G Solís-García, C Ignacio Cerro, Díaz Redondo A A Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España., A I Romero Martínez, and A Mora Capín.
• Unidad de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. Electronic address: rafamaranonpar@gmail.com.
• J Healthc Qual Res. 2019 Sep 1; 34 (5): 242-247.

ObjectiveTo analyse the effectiveness of corrective measures arising from the analysis of safety incident notifications in the Paediatric Emergency Unit.MethodsA quasi-experimental, prospective, and single-centre study was carried out between 2015 and 2018. In the first phase, incidents notified throughout one year were analysed. Corrective measures were then implemented for 5 specific kinds of incidents. These incidents were finally compared to those notified within 12 months after the implementation of those measures. Results were expressed as relative risk and relative risk reduction.ResultsA total of 1587 safety incidents were notified (0.9% of patients treated) between January 2015 and December 2017. After implementation of corrective measures, there was a decrease in all kinds of incidents notifications analysed. The incidents related to patient identification were reduced by 60.9% (RR 0.39, 95% CI; 0.25-0.60), and those regarding communication between professionals were reduced by 74.5% (RR 0.25, 95% CI; 0.12-0.55). Incidents related to sedation and analgesic procedures totally disappeared. No significant reduction was found in incidents concerning the triage system, or in those related to rapid intravenous rehydration procedures.ConclusionsThe implementation of improvement actions arising from the analysis of voluntary notification of incidents is an effective strategy to improve patient effective strategy to improve.Copyright © 2019 FECA. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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