Classification strategies for non-routine events occurring in high-risk patient care settings: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Non-routine events (NREs) are atypical or unusual occurrences in a pre-defined process. Although some NREs in high-risk clinical settings have no adverse effects on patient care, others can potentially cause serious patient harm. A unified strategy for identifying and describing NREs in these domains will facilitate the comparison of results between studies.

Methods

We conducted a literature search in PubMed, CINAHL, and EMBASE to identify studies related to NREs in high-risk domains and evaluated the methods used for event observation and description. We applied The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) taxonomy (cause, impact, domain, type, prevention, and mitigation) to the descriptions of NREs from the literature.

Results

SUBMITTER: Alberto EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7961264 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature