Table 3

Type and severity of As, by site

Number of adverse eventsHospital AHospital BHospital CHospital DHospital ETotal
n=127n=62n=92n=35n=40n=356
Type (level 1one classification)
 Behaviour1 (0.8%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (0.3%)
 Clinical administration3 (2.4%)1 (1.6%)0 (0.0%)2 (5.7%)0 (0.0%)6 (1.7%)
 Clinical process/procedure65 (51.2%)36 (58.1%)34 (37.0%)16 (45.7%)8 (20.0%)159 (44.7%)
 Documentation0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)3 (3.3%)1 (2.9%)0 (0.0%)4 (1.1%)
 Equipment/product/medical device0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (2.9%)0 (0.0%)1 (0.3%)
 Fall3 (2.4%)8 (12.9%)14 (15.2%)3 (8.6%)8 (20.0%)36 (10.1%)
 Healthcare-associated infection20 (15.7%)2 (3.2%)31 (33.7%)9 (25.7%)11 (27.5%)73 (20.5%)
 Laboratory0 (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%)
 Nutrition0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (2.9%)0 (0.0%)1 (0.3%)
 Resources/organisational management0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (2.5%)1 (0.3%)
 Transfusion medicine0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (2.5%)1 (0.3%)
 Vascular access lines0 (0.0%)2 (3.2%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)1 (2.5%)3 (0.8%)
Severity
 Unknown2 (1.6%)1 (1.6%)2 (2.2%)1 (2.9%)3 (7.5%)9 (2.5%)
 Physiological abnormalities15 (11.8%)5 (8.1%)34 (37.0%)12 (34.3%)11 (27.5%)77 (21.6%)
 Symptoms75 (59.1%)40 (64.5%)50 (54.3%)15 (42.9%)20 (50.0%)200 (56.2%)
 Transient disability34 (26.8%)13 (21.0%)5 (5.4%)7 (20.0%)5 (12.5%)64 (18.0%)
 Permanent disability0 (0.0%)2 (3.2%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)2 (0.6%)
 Death1 (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.