Patient-safety incidents during COVID-19 health crisis in France: An exploratory sequential multi-method study in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the rapid reorganisation of health and social care services. Patients are already at significant risk of healthcare-associated harm and the wholesale disruption to service delivery during the pandemic stood to heighten those risks.

Objectives

We explored the type and nature of patient safety incidents in French primary care settings during the COVID-19 first wave to make tentative recommendations for improvement.

Methods

A national patient safety incident reporting survey was distributed to General Practitioners (GPs) in France on 28 April 2020. Reports were coded using a classification system aligned to the WHO International Classification for Patient Safety (incident types, contributing factors, incident outcomes and

SUBMITTER: Fournier JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8259874 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature