Real time patient safety audits: improving safety every day
| Autor: | James E. Gray, Paul E. Plsek, Patricia H. Shiono, Jeffrey D. Horbar, R Ursprung, Julianne Nickerson, Donald A. Goldmann, Gautham Suresh, William H. Edwards |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Safety Management
Time Factors Letter Delphi Technique Leadership and Management MEDLINE Delphi method Pilot Projects Audit law.invention Patient safety law Medicine Humans Operations management General Nursing Quality of Health Care Medical Audit Data collection Medical Errors business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Intensive care unit Organizational Culture Checklist Focused improvement Intensive Care Units Feasibility Studies Original Article Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Qualitysafety in health care. 14(4) |
| ISSN: | 1475-3901 |
| Popis: | Background: Timely error detection including feedback to clinical staff is a prerequisite for focused improvement in patient safety. Real time auditing, the efficacy of which has been repeatedly demonstrated in industry, has not been used previously to evaluate patient safety. Methods successful at improving quality and safety in industry may provide avenues for improvement in patient safety. Objective: Pilot study to determine the feasibility and utility of real time safety auditing during routine clinical work in an intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: A 36 item patient safety checklist was developed via a modified Delphi technique. The checklist focused on errors associated with delays in care, equipment failure, diagnostic studies, information transfer and non-compliance with hospital policy. Safety audits were performed using the checklist during and after morning work rounds thrice weekly during the 5 week study period from January to March 2003. Results: A total of 338 errors were detected; 27 (75%) of the 36 items on the checklist detected ⩾1 error. Diverse error types were found including unlabeled medication at the bedside (n = 31), ID band missing or in an inappropriate location (n = 70), inappropriate pulse oximeter alarm setting (n = 22), and delay in communication/information transfer that led to a delay in appropriate care (n = 4). Conclusions: Real time safety audits performed during routine work can detect a broad range of errors. Significant safety problems were detected promptly, leading to rapid changes in policy and practice. Staff acceptance was facilitated by fostering a blame free “culture of patient safety” involving clinical personnel in detection of remediable gaps in performance, and limiting the burden of data collection. |
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