Table 2

Overall occurrence of registered equipment-related incidents (by hospital location)

Hospital locationABTotal
Performed surgery procedures during study8617191580
Returned registration forms (percentage of total)459 (53.3%)474 (65.9%)933 (59.1%)
Registered incidents8681167
Incidents excluded18119
Incidents included (percentage of total no of forms)68 (14.8%)80 (16.9%)148 (15.9%)