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Accuracy of harm scores entered into an event reporting system
Toni Abbasi1, Debra Adornetto-Garcia, Patricia A Johnston
1Author Affiliations: Executive Director, Projects and Operations (Dr Abbasi), Cancer Network; Executive Director, Nursing Professional Practice (Dr Adornetto-Garcia), Director, Clinical Nursing and Director Nursing Governance (Dr Johnston), Director, Clinical Nursing (Dr Julie Segovia), and Professor and Chair, Department of Nursing, and Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer (Dr Barbara Summers), Division of Nursing, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
Abstract:
This quality improvement project evaluated the accuracy of harm scores entered into an event reporting system by inpatient nursing staff at a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. Nurses scored 10 safety scenarios using 2 versions of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality scale to determine interrater reliability. Results indicated inconsistency in the way nurses scored the scenarios, suggesting that the event reporting system may not accurately portray the severity of harm in patient safety events. Nurse executives can use this information to guide the development and implementation of incident reporting systems.
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