1. [Incident reporting systems in anesthesiology--methods and benefits using the example of PaSOS].
- Author
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Rall M, Reddersen S, Zieger J, Schädle B, Hirsch P, Stricker E, Martin J, Geldner G, and Schleppers A
- Subjects
- Germany, Quality Assurance, Health Care methods, Anesthesiology methods, Anesthesiology organization & administration, Mandatory Reporting, Medical Errors prevention & control, Quality Assurance, Health Care organization & administration, Risk Management methods, Risk Management organization & administration
- Abstract
Preventing patient harm is one of the main tasks for the field of anesthesiology from early on. With the introduction of the national German incident reporting system PaSOS, which is hosted by the German anesthesia society, anesthesiology is again leading the field of patient safety. Important elements, success factors and background information for the introduction of successful incident reporting systems in an organization are given. Examples by and from PaSOS are given.
- Published
- 2008
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