To report or not to report: A descriptive study exploring ICU nurses’ perceptions of error and error reporting

The reasons for Chinese nursing staff to report adverse events: a questionnaire survey

“…In clinical settings, when patients are harmed, nurses have more responsibilities in reporting than other care providers, including evaluating whether an AE report should be issued or not (Espin et al . ). In China, about 40% of AEs in clinical settings are because of nurses (Long et al .…”

“…The International Council of Nurses states that nurses have the primary responsibility to promote patient and healthcare worker safety in all aspects of care, including reporting AEs to the appropriate authorities promptly (ICN 2012). In clinical settings, when patients are harmed, nurses have more responsibilities in reporting than other care providers, including evaluating whether an AE report should be issued or not (Espin et al 2010). In China, about 40% of AEs in clinical settings are because of nurses (Long et al 2011).…”

Real-time registration of adverse events in Dutch hospitalized children in general pediatric units: first experiences

“…In incident reporting, it is encouraged to also report near-misses, which did not reach the patient and thus did not cause any harm or errors that did reach the patient but did not lead to harm. Also, voluntary reporting is well known for its underreporting, especially of more serious events such as nosocomial infections or diagnostic failures [2, 4, 5, 15]. Nevertheless, incident reporting has been introduced in Dutch pediatric practice under the name NEOSAFE Project and is widely used [17–19].…”

The role of non‐blaming culture in learning from errors

“…As errors just occur in the workplace, these should be treated as opportunities for learning, and reporting safety mishaps should be commended and rewarded as the first step of future prevention. ICU nurses have reported a strong willingness to report misses and near misses (Espin et al , 2010), while the implementation of quality improvement programmes has been shown to significantly promote medication error disclosures in hospital settings (Force et al , 2006).…”