title: The interrelationship of isolation precautions and adverse events in an acute care facility.
abstract: It has been well documented that patients placed in isolation precautions are at an increased risk of experiencing adverse events. Medically relevant incident reports are one way to determine whether an adverse event has occurred. We compared these reports in isolated and nonisolated patients. We found a statistically significant increased rate of adverse events in patients in isolation precautions.
authors.affiliation: Quality Management Service, Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Kalispell, MT 59901, USA.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: Millard
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McQuaid
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012308:Risk Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data