Adverse event severity and type
| Overall N (%) | Cardiac surgery N (%) | Intensive care N (%) | Medicine N (%) | Obstetrics N (%) | p Value (χ2 test) | |
| Total | 245 (100) | 62 (100) | 72 (100) | 89 (100) | 22 (100) | |
| Severity | <0.001 | |||||
| Lab/physiological | 36 (14.7) | 2 (3.2) | 10 (13.9) | 23 (25.8) | 1 (4.6) | |
| Symptoms | 75 (30.7) | 9 (14.5) | 18 (25.0) | 38 (42.7) | 10 (45.5) | |
| Temporary | 112 (45.9) | 40 (64.5) | 36 (50.0) | 26 (29.2) | 10 (45.5) | |
| Permanent | 16 (6.6) | 8 (12.9) | 7 (9.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.6) | |
| Death | 6 (2.5) | 3 (4.8) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Type | <0.001 | |||||
| Procedural complication | 42 (17.14) | 7 (11.3) | 17 (23.6) | 11 (12.4) | 7 (31.8) | |
| Infection | 37 (15.1) | 12 (19.4) | 18 (25.0) | 7 (7.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Adverse drug event | 46 (18.8) | 4 (6.5) | 9 (12.5) | 27 (30.3) | 6 (27.3) | |
| Therapeutic error | 49 (20.0) | 5 (8.1) | 14 (19.4) | 22 (24.7) | 8 (36.4) | |
| Surgical complication | 37 (15.1) | 29 (46.8) | 7 (9.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.6) | |
| Diagnostic error | 10 (4.1) | 3 (4.8) | 4 (5.6) | 3 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Falls | 10 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (11.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| System problem | 11 (4.5) | 2 (3.2) | 3 (4.2) | 6 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Pressure ulcer | 3 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | |