Table 10.
Distribution of potential risk of errors identified using the NCC MERP classification by specialty and system categories.
| Specialty | No Error N (%) |
No Harm N (%) |
Harm N (%) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular | 0 | 0 | 2 ** (100%) | 2 (100%) |
| Epidemiology | 2 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (100%) |
| Pharmacology | 0 | 2 (66.6%) | 1 (33.3%) | 3 (100%) |
| Gynecology | 0 | 1 (100%) | 0 | 1 (100%) |
| Infectious Diseases | 0 | 2 (66.6%) | 1 (33.3%) | 3 (100%) |
| Forensics & Legal Medicine | 1 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (100%) |
| Family Medicine | 1 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (100%) |
| Nephrology | 1 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (100%) |
| Pneumology | 0 | 2 * (100%) | 0 | 2 (100%) |
| Neurology | 1 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (100%) |
| Pediatrics | 1 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (100%) |
| Public Health | 0 | 1 (100%) | 0 | 1 (100%) |
| Rheumatology | 2 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (100%) |
| Critical Care | 0 | 0 | 2 ** (100%) | 2 (100%) |
| Emergency medicine | 1 (100%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (100%) |
| TOTAL | 10 (41.7%) | 8 (33.3%) | 6 (25%) | 24 (100%) |
X2 = 38.667; df = 28; p(exact) = 0.011. Adjusted standardized residuals, * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01.