Table 3 Overview of classifications
From: Patient safety in Dutch primary care: a study protocol
Type of incident: |
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Related to organization, communication, prevention, triage, diagnostics, and/or treatment. |
Cause(s) of the incident: |
Related to latent conditions (technical or organizational), active errors (human: knowledge-based behaviour, human: rule-based behaviour, human: skill-based behaviour), and other factors (patient related or other type) [27]. |
Harm to the patient: |
Error, but no harm; error resulting in harm to the patient; error resulting in death; error, but harm indeterminate [32]. |
Probability of severe harm or death: |
Very probable, probable, or not probable. |