Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
Rosa Amarilis Zarate Grajales
UNAM, Mexico
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Pediatr Ther
Introduction: Adverse Events (AD) are unintentional health care damage that relates to human resources, system factors, or clinical conditions. Objective: The objective of the study is to analyze the factors related to the quality and safety of the patient through the reports of AD. Methodology: A cross-sectional, multicenter design, was carried out at five National Institutes of Health and a high-specialty hospital. We studied the AEs that occurred during 18 months using SYREC instrument 2007. The statistical analysis was done with SPSS 20 and the ethical aspects were observed. Results: A total of 540 AD were analyzed, 55.5% were men, 58.7% were on alert, 92.6% were in the assigned service, 55.9% were not reported to the family, considered as definitely avoidable 70.5%. The system factors were present in 80.6%, there was a significant association regarding the avoidability of the event and the factors of the system. Discussion: The main results are in agreement with other international investigations in which the children and the elderly are more vulnerable such as: "To errors human" 1999, ENEAS study of Spain 2006 and with the prevalence IBEAS 2010; In all of them it became evident the need to reinforce the culture of the notification of the AD and the climate of patient safety, fostered an interpersonal reflection about the quality of health care services. Conclusions: Factors related to the system have a greater weight in the occurrence of AD. Their identification is of vital importance in order to avoid them.