Open AccessIncident reporting by acute pain service at a tertiary care university hospital
Author(s) -
Aliya Ahmed,
Muhammad Yasir
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.169074
Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , incident report , harm , patient safety , emergency medicine , medical emergency , quality assurance , pain management , quality management , acute pain , service (business) , health care , anesthesia , external quality assessment , economy , forensic engineering , pathology , economic growth , political science , law , economics , engineering
Provision of effective and safe postoperative pain management is the principal responsibility of acute pain services (APSs). Continuous quality assurance is essential for high-quality patient care. We initiated anonymous reporting of critical incidents by APS to ensure continuous quality improvement and here present prospectively collected data on the reported incidents. Our objective was to analyze the frequency and nature of incidents and to see if any harm was caused to patients.