title: Reporting of hazards and near-misses in the ambulatory care setting.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and types of hazard and near-miss events in the ambulatory setting. Nursing students (N = 566) submitted 9272 reports while in their ambulatory care rotation. Of these, 1624 were hazards and 985 were near-misses. The most commonly reported hazards and near-misses were related to infection (20.0%) and medication (19.1%), respectively. The most frequent category of open-ended comments was related to administrative problems.
authors: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY 10032, USA. Rb897@columbia.edu
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Schnall
authors: Suzanne
authors: S
authors: Bakken
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009737:Nursing Records; D061214:Patient Safety; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data