• J Nurs Care Qual · Jul 2007

    Effect of an anonymous reporting system on near-miss and harmful medical error reporting in a pediatric intensive care unit.

    • Mary Jo C Grant and Gitte Y Larsen.
    • Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA. maryjo.grant@intermountainmail.org
    • J Nurs Care Qual. 2007 Jul 1; 22 (3): 213-21.

    AbstractAdverse event reporting is a key element for improving patient safety. This study describes a new voluntary, anonymous reporting system that facilitates reporting of near-miss and patient harm events and an assessment of patient harm by the bedside care provider in a pediatric intensive care unit. The results demonstrated the effectiveness of the Patient Safety Report as a method to capture near-miss and patient harm events.

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