Journal of patient safety
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Journal of patient safety · Mar 2019
Comparing the Outcomes of Reporting and Trigger Tool Methods to Capture Adverse Events in the Emergency Department.
Little is known about which methods are best for detecting adverse events in the emergency department (ED). ⋯ The reporting methods more effectively captured greater numbers of adverse events, whereas the adverse events captured by the trigger tool methods were more likely to be severe physical impacts. The combined use of the different methods had synergistic benefits for monitoring adverse events in the ED.