Learning without Borders: A Review of the Implementation of Medical Error Reporting in Medecins Sans Frontieres.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse the results from the first 3 years of implementation of a medical error reporting system in Médecins Sans Frontières-Operational Centre Amsterdam (MSF) programs.

Methodology

A medical error reporting policy was developed with input from frontline workers and introduced to the organisation in June 2010. The definition of medical error used was "the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim." All confirmed error reports were entered into a database without the use of personal identifiers.

Results

179 errors were reported from 38 projects in 18 countries over the period of June 2010 to May 2013. The rate of reporting was 31, 42, and 106 incidents/year for reporting year 1, 2 and 3 respectivel

SUBMITTER: Shanks L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4575104 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature