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Published on: October 16, 2013
[Evaluation of 100 anesthetic incidents]
Yoshihiro Hirabayashi1, Kunihisa Hotta, Norimasa Seo
1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi 329-0498.
Background:
The anesthetic incident-reporting scheme in the department of anesthesia, Jichi Medical School Hospital, has been running for 3 years and 100 incidents have now been reported.
Methods:
An 'anesthetic incident' was defined as any incident related to anesthesia which either caused harm, or if uncorrected might have caused harm, to a patient.
Results:
There were 26 problems involving drugs, 18 airway and respiratory problems, 15 dental damages, 11 cardiovascular problems, 8 problems related epidural anesthesia, and 22 others.
Conclusions:
The scheme has successfully highlighted weaknesses of the department.
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