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Page 1: Danish Society for Patient Safety Patient Safety The Danish Experience

Danish Society for Patient Safety

Patient Safety

The Danish Experience

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

Exampel

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Danish Society for Patient SafetyPatient Safety on the Danish

Healthcare Agenda

• New York (1991) 3.7%• CO/UT (1999) 3.3%• Australia (1994) 13%• UK (2000) 11%• New Zealand(2001) 13%• Denmark (2001) 9%• France (2004) 8,9% • Canada (2004) 7.5%

AE Studies

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7 extra bed days per AE

Ref.: Schiøler T et al, UfL 2001

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18%

82%

Yes, I have experienced errors

No, I have not experiencederrors

22%

27%

51%

Medication

Surgery

Other errors

• 26.300 questionnaires

• Response rate 49%

Ref.: National survey on patients’ experiences, Denmark 2005

Patients’ experiences with medical errors – national survey

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Patients’ experiences with medical errors – Copenhagen Hospital Corporation survey

9%

8%

83%

Yes, one or more minor errors

Yes, one or more serious errors

No

Have you experienced and/or been informed about errors made in connection with your hospital stay?

Ref.: Patients’ evaluations of hospital wards in the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, 2004

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

Patients’ experiences with medical errors – Copenhagen Hospital Corporation survey

61%

32%

7%

I discovered the error myself

The doctor/the staf fdiscovered the error

Others discovered the error

How were you informed about the error?

Ref.: Patients’ evaluations of hospital wards in the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, 2004

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Danish Society for Patient SafetyRecommendations:

Results from the Questionnaire

• One third of professionals consider to change profession because of fear of being involved in adverse events

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Ref.: Andersen HB 2003, Hermann N et al. 2002

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Act on Patient Safety

• Frontline Personnel obligated to report

• Hospital Owners are obligated to act

• Board of Health is obligated to communicate

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§6 in Act on Patient Safety

• A frontline person who reports an adverse event cannot as a result of that report be subjected to investigation or disciplinary action from the employer, the Board of Health or the Court of Justice

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Danish Society for Patient SafetyHandling of Adverse Events

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Reporting Systems

• The reports are just a sample• No true denominator

• So what can we use it for?

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

Nothing - unless

• We analyze the events • We act on the analyzes• We monitor the changes• We study the literature

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

Hospital Level

                                     

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Event – Infusion Pump

A patient with a heart disease receives an overdose of a potent drug due to free flow failure of an infusion pump

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

Frontline Staff Hospital Regional Unit Board of Health

Data anonymized

P.S.O.

Head of dep.

PSM/CEO

Reporting

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Score-MatrixSeverity and Probability

Catastrophic Major Moderate Minor

Frequent 3 3 2 1Occasional 3 2 1 1

Uncommon 3 2 1 1Remote 3 2 1 1

Potential and Actual Injury

Reference NCPS, VA gov

SAC 3 RCA

SAC 2 Aggregated RCA

SAC 1 Local action

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RCA: Free Flow and Infusion PumpProblemSeveral infusion sets present - and the pump did not alarm when a wrong set was usedNo systematic introduction to staff on how to use the different pumps that were present in the department

SolutionOnly one type of pump present in each departmentPhysical separation of different infusion setPlan for yearly introduction and checklist to ensure staff are appropriately introduced to medical equipment

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A Problem in all Hospitals?

AE with infusion pumps Programming and handling

22

Distant problem

15

Medication mix up

13

Free flow 4

Other 2

Total 560

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Danish Society for Patient SafetyActions taken at Head

OfficeCentralized purchasing strategyOut phasing of all pumps that do not have set based free flow protection:• Centralization of pumps• EU-tender for new infusion sets

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National Level

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Patient Safety Training

Master Class in Patient Safety

Seminars etc.

Toolkits for H:F, RCAs, HFMEA, Legal issues

Yearly conference

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

”Safe Patient” project

• General information

• Cases• Tools• Patient

Involvement

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

• Look a like

Case Analysis: Medication Mix Up

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

Action Plan

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

Focus 2005:

Patient Empowerment

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

National Campaign on all Hospitals in 2005

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

Patient Safety manpowerDanish Society for Patient Safety

National Board of Health

Regional Patient Safety Units

Hospitals

Primary Care Sector

Industry

Professions

Research

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Danish Society for Patient Safety

www.patientsikkerhed.dk

[email protected]

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