Event type versus preventability*
| Event type* | Preventable,n (%)† | Preventability indeterminate,n (%)† | Not preventable,n (%)† |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Weighted to reflect incident reports of all patients discharged from the two hospitals. | |||
| †Percentages for subcategories reflect percentage of column totals. | |||
| Medications | 1017 (45.3) | 40 (3.2) | 37 (11.1) |
| Operations | 415 (18.5) | 115 (9.4) | 23 (6.9) |
| Therapeutic | 218 (9.7) | 65 (5.3) | 43 (13.0) |
| Diagnostic | 216 (9.6) | 21 (1.7) | 3 (1.0) |
| Miscellaneous | 166 (7.4) | 279 (22.7) | 158 (47.9) |
| Procedures | 140 (6.2) | 245 (19.9) | 18 (5.6) |
| Anaesthesia | 22 (1.0) | 6 (0.5) | 2 (0.6) |
| Peripartum | 14 (0.6) | 5 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) |
| Neonatal | 4 (0.2) | 14 (1.1) | 4 (1.2) |
| Falls | 34 (1.5) | 438 (35.7) | 41 (12.4) |
| Column totals | 2246 (59.0) | 1228 (32.3) | 331 (8.7) |