Location A no of incidents | Location B no of incidents | Total no of incidents (%) | |
Timing of incidents | |||
During preparation | 22 | 25 | 47 (31.8) |
During surgery | 46 | 55 | 101 (68.2) |
Equipment category | |||
Medical devices | 21 | 21 | 42 (28.4) |
Instruments | 27 | 41 | 68 (45.9) |
Materials | 12 | 3 | 15 (10.1) |
Facilitating | 8 | 15 | 23 (15.5) |
Type of problem | |||
Equipment not available | 30 | 36 | 66 (44.6) |
Broken equipment | 34 | 38 | 72 (48.6) |
Misuse | 2 | 3 | 5 (3.4) |
Other (ie, procedural problems) | 2 | 3 | 5 (3.4) |
N=148.