BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Provision of effective and safe @entity282 management is the principal responsibility of acute @entity158 services (APSs). Continuous quality assurance is essential for high-quality @entity1 care. We initiated anonymous reporting of @entity3124 by @entity12009 to ensure continuous quality improvement and here present prospectively collected data on the reported incidents. Our objective was to analyze the frequency and nature of incidents and to see if any harm was caused to @entity1 . MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data were collected from January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. An incident related to @entity158 management was defined as An incident that occurs in a @entity1 receiving @entity158 management supervised by @entity12009 , and causes or has the potential to cause harm or affects @entity1 safety. A form was filled including incident type, personnel involved, any harm caused, and steps taken to rectify it. Frequencies and percentages were computed for categorical variables. RESULTS: A total of 2042 @entity1 were seen and 442 (21.64%) incidents reported during the study period, including documentation errors (136/31%), noncompliance with protocols (113/25.56%), wrong combination of drugs (56/12.66%), premature discontinuation (74/16.72%), prolonged delays in change of syringes (27/6.10%), loss to follow-up (19/4.29%), administration of contraindicated drugs (9/2.03%), catheter pull-outs (6/1.35%), and faulty equipment (2/0.45%). Steps were taken to rectify the errors accordingly. No harm was caused to any @entity1 . CONCLUSION: Reporting of untoward incidents and their regular analysis by @entity12009 is recommended to ensure high-quality @entity1 care and to provide guidance in making teaching strategies and guidelines to improve @entity1 safety.

Incident reporting by acute XXXX service at a tertiary care university hospital.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity3124 :: ('MESH:D016638', 'Disease') :: ['critical incidents'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity12009 :: ('MESH:C538275', 'Disease') :: ['APS'] @entity282 :: ('MESH:D010149', 'Disease') :: ['postoperative pain']
@entity158 :: (MESH:D010146,Disease) :: ['pain']
