Critical incidents during anesthesia: prospective audit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Critical incident reporting and analysis is one of the key components of patient safety in anesthesiology. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and characteristics of critical incidents during anesthesia, main causes and factors involved, influence on patient outcomes, prevalence of incident reporting and further analysis.

Methods

A multicenter prospective audit was conducted at the clinical departments of the Bogomolets National Medical University during the period from 1 to 2021 to 1 December 2021. 13 hospitals from different Ukrainian regions took part in the study. Anesthesiologists voluntarily submitted critical incident reports into a Google form as they occurred during the working shifts, reporting the details of the incident, and the incide

SUBMITTER: Bielka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10265863 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature