title: Perceptions of reporting practices and barriers to reporting incidents among registered nurses and physicians in accredited and nonaccredited Jordanian hospitals.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the awareness of the incident reporting system, incident reporting practices and barriers to reporting incidents among Jordanian staff nurses and physicians in accredited and nonaccredited hospitals.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Reporting medical incidents is an important element of patient safety enhancement and quality of care improvement and it should be an integral part of the organisational culture.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive exploratory survey was used for the present study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A modified version of the Incident Reporting Questionnaire was used to collect data from 307 nurses and 144 physicians at seven hospitals (four accredited and three not accredited) in Jordan. The response rate was 28·8% for nurses and 58·8% for physicians.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurses were more aware of the incident reporting system than physicians. Physicians were less likely to report any incident on 50% or more of occasions. The major three barriers to reporting incidents were believing that there was no point in reporting near misses, lack of feedback and fear of disciplinary actions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study showed significant differences between nurses in accredited and nonaccredited hospitals regarding barriers to reporting incidents and reporting practices.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurse administrators should modify existing systems for reporting incidents to overcome the barriers as shown in the present study.
authors.affiliation: Community and Mental Health Department, College of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
authors.forename: Raeda F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: AbuAlRub
authors.affiliation: Maternal and Child Health Department, College of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
authors.forename: Nemeh A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Al-Akour
authors.affiliation: Cancer Care Associates, Miranda, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Nour H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Alatari
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D015279:Organizational Culture; D061214:Patient Safety; D010465:Perception; D012308:Risk Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Jordan; accredited hospitals; barriers to reporting; nurses; physicians; reporting incidents