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La mejora de la seguridad del paciente estuvo centrada durante el proceso de hospitalización; se prestó poca importancia al paciente ambulatorio, mientras que estudios recientes de meta análisis evidenciaron su importancia. Se proponen nuevas normas y procedimientos para prevenir eventos adversos en el paciente ambulatorio, tales como mejorar la relación medico paciente, y desarrollar indicadores de calidad y seguridad específicos del paciente ambulatorio.
The improvement of the safety of the patient was focused during the hospitalization; was given little importance to the outpatient, while recent studies by meta-analysis showed its importance. New rules were proposed and procedures to prevent adverse events in the outpatient, such as improve the relationship doctor patient, and develop specific indicators of quality and specific security of the outpatient.
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Patient Safety , Outpatients , Ambulatory Care/trends , Physician-Patient Relations , Ambulatory Care/methods , Medical Errors/prevention & control , Diagnostic Errors/prevention & control , Medication Errors/prevention & control , Health Records, PersonalABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare job satisfaction, quality of life (QOL), incident report rate and overtime hours for 12-hour shifts and for 8-hour shifts in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). METHODS: A descriptive survey was conducted with a convenience sample of 36 staff nurses from a PICU in a regional hospital in Korea. Data were collected using self-administrated questionnaires regarding job satisfaction and QOL at 6 months before and after the beginning of 12-hour shifts. Incident report rate and overtime hours for both 12-hour and 8-hour shifts were compared. Comparisons were made using chi2-test, paired t-test and Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: After 12-hour shifts were initiated, job satisfaction significantly increased (t=3.93, p<.001) and QOL was higher for nurses on 12-hour shifts compared to 8-hour (t=7.83, p<.001). There was no statistically significant change in incident report rate (chi2=0.15, p=.720). The overtimes decreased from 36.3+/-34.7 to 17.3+/-34.9 minutes (Z=-8.91, p<.001). CONCLUSION: These results provide evidence that 12-hour shifts can be an effective ways of scheduling for staff nurses to increase job satisfaction and quality of life without increasing patient safety incidents or prolonged overtime work hours.
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Intensive Care Units , Job Satisfaction , Korea , Patient Safety , Quality of Life , Surveys and Questionnaires , Risk ManagementABSTRACT
Background: The Royal College of Anesthesiologists of Thailand arranged the first national incident reports of anesthesia-related adverse events in 2007 on an anonymous and voluntary basis. Objective: To identify the incidence of perioperative non-hypoxic bradycardia in pediatric patients’ clinical course, outcome, contributing factors and its preventive strategies in the database of the Thai anesthesia incidents monitoring study (Thai AIMS). Methods: As part of the Thai AIMS, perioperative anesthesia incident reports of adverse events were collected from 51 participating hospitals across Thailand between January to June 2007. Three anesthesiologists reviewed relevant data of perioperative non-hypoxic bradycardia in pediatric patients. A descriptive statistical method was used. Results: There were 49 cases of perioperative non-hypoxic bradycardia in pediatric patients (2.4% of all 1996 incident reports or 13.4% of all incident reports from pediatric patients). Anesthesia (71%) was a major factor that related to the bradycardia, wheareas 19% and 10% were surgical and patient factors, respectively. Sixty percent of cases occurred during induction, of which 80% (24 out of 30 cases) and 10% were considered as anesthesia-related or combination of anesthesia and patient factors. Sixty percent (9 out of 15 cases) of bradycardia during the maintenance phase was surgery-related particularly in ophthalmologic surgery. Four cases (8.1%) of all bradycardia occurred during the emergence and recovery phase of which 78% was considered anesthesia-related. All bradycardia had complete recovery. Sixty-three percent of events were preventable. Major contributing factors were lack of adequate knowledge (55%) and inappropriate decision-making (22%). Conclusion: Most perioperative non-hypoxic bradycardia incidences were anesthesia-related and most common during the induction phase. Improved supervision, additional training and vigilance were suggested corrective strategies.
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To explore the method of identifying nursing-related patient safety events,types,contributing factors and evaluate consequences of these events in hospitals of China,incident report program was established and implemented in 15 patient units in two teaching hospitals of China to get the relevant information.Among 2935 hospitalized patients,141 nursing-related patient safety events were reported by nurses.Theses events were categorized into 15 types.Various factors contributed to the events and the consequence varied from no harm to patient death.Most of the events were preventable.It is concluded that incident reporting can provide more information about patient safety,and establishment of a program of voluntary incident reporting in hospitals of China is not only urgent but also feasible.
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A survey was performed to examine residents' awareness of patient safety. Sixty-two residents who had just finished their first year of residency participated in the study. Of the 62 residents, 30 were training at Yokohama City University Hospital and 32 were training at other hospitals. Although all residents knew about the serious medical mishap ( “surgical mix-up” ) that had occurred at Yokohama City University Hospital in 1999, only 53% knew about the judicial verdict in this case. The residents most often believed that the mishap was the fault of the hospital and its system (82%), followed by nurses (73%), supervising doctors (62%), and residents (45%). Seventy percent of the residents knew about the “Incident Reporting System, ” but only 20% had written an incident report. Incidents experienced or observed by residents were most often medication-related. No significant differences in the results of the survey were found between residents of Yokohama City University Hospital and those of other hospitals. In conclusion, although residents recognize the importance of patient safety at the end of the first year of their residency program, they still cannot deal properly with incidents.