title: Patient safety incident-reporting items in Korean hospitals.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine incident-reporting items in tertiary hospitals using the framework of the World Health Organization's International Classification for Patient Safety (ICPS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty acute-care tertiary hospitals in Korea (response rate = 90.9%).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected using a semistructured questionnaire during on-site interviews or via e-mail. Items were extracted from incident-reporting forms that required a reporter's input, and were analyzed using the ICPS framework. After removing redundant items, unique reporting items were mapped onto ICPS elements. The data are summarized using descriptive statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On average, hospitals used 2.4 incident-reporting forms (range = 1-9) and 136.7 reporting items (range = 31-310). All of the hospitals had incident-reporting items that described 'incident type' and 'incident characteristics'; however, only 7 hospitals (17.5%) had reporting items on incident 'detection', and 18 hospitals (45.0%) collected information on the 'organizational outcomes'. Of the 1145 unique reporting items, 297 (25.9%) were completely mapped onto ICPS elements at different levels of granularity, and 12.7% (n = 145) were mapped onto ICPS elements that had more granular subcategories.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ICPS framework is a useful reference model for the classification of incident-reporting items. However, further refinements to both the ICPS framework and incident-reporting items are needed in order to better represent data on patient safety. Furthermore, the use of a common reporting form at the national level is recommended for reducing variations in reporting items and facilitating the efficient collection and analysis of patient safety data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Management, College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jee-In
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Sang-Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyeoun-Ae
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000379:methods; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: International Classification for Patient Safety; classification; hospital incident reporting; patient safety