Number of adverse events | Hospital A | Hospital B | Hospital C | Hospital D | Hospital E | Total |
n=127 | n=62 | n=92 | n=35 | n=40 | n=356 | |
Type (level 1one classification) | ||||||
Behaviour | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) |
Clinical administration | 3 (2.4%) | 1 (1.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (5.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (1.7%) |
Clinical process/procedure | 65 (51.2%) | 36 (58.1%) | 34 (37.0%) | 16 (45.7%) | 8 (20.0%) | 159 (44.7%) |
Documentation | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (3.3%) | 1 (2.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (1.1%) |
Equipment/product/medical device | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) |
Fall | 3 (2.4%) | 8 (12.9%) | 14 (15.2%) | 3 (8.6%) | 8 (20.0%) | 36 (10.1%) |
Healthcare-associated infection | 20 (15.7%) | 2 (3.2%) | 31 (33.7%) | 9 (25.7%) | 11 (27.5%) | 73 (20.5%) |
Laboratory | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.5%) | 1 (0.3%) |
Medication/intravenous fluid/biological (includes vaccine) | 35 (27.6%) | 13 (21.0%) | 10 (10.9%) | 2 (5.7%) | 9 (22.5%) | 69 (19.4%) |
Nutrition | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) |
Resources/organisational management | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.5%) | 1 (0.3%) |
Transfusion medicine | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.5%) | 1 (0.3%) |
Vascular access lines | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (3.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.5%) | 3 (0.8%) |
Severity | ||||||
Unknown | 2 (1.6%) | 1 (1.6%) | 2 (2.2%) | 1 (2.9%) | 3 (7.5%) | 9 (2.5%) |
Physiological abnormalities | 15 (11.8%) | 5 (8.1%) | 34 (37.0%) | 12 (34.3%) | 11 (27.5%) | 77 (21.6%) |
Symptoms | 75 (59.1%) | 40 (64.5%) | 50 (54.3%) | 15 (42.9%) | 20 (50.0%) | 200 (56.2%) |
Transient disability | 34 (26.8%) | 13 (21.0%) | 5 (5.4%) | 7 (20.0%) | 5 (12.5%) | 64 (18.0%) |
Permanent disability | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (3.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.6%) |
Death | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (1.6%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.5%) | 4 (1.1%) |
Only adverse events (excludes potential adverse events and non-events) are included in this count.