title: [The critical incident reporting system as an instrument of risk management for better patient safety].
abstract: The probability that an inpatient will be harmed by a medical procedure is at least 3% of all patients. As a consequence, hospital risk management has become a central management task in the health care sector. The critical incident reporting system (CIRS) as a voluntary instrument for reporting (near) incidents plays a key role in the implementation of a risk management system. The goal of the CIRS is to register system errors without assigning guilt or meting out punishment and at the same time increasing the number of voluntary reports.
authors.affiliation: Unfallchirurgische Klinik, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover. panzica.martin@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panzica
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krettek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cartes
mesh_terms: D057189:Checklist / Q000592:standards; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D005858:Germany; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D010358:Patient Participation; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D012984:Software; D014194:Traumatology / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*