Table 1.
provides descriptive statistics from the incident reports
| Variable | n | % | Variable | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional group of the reporter | Estimated consequence to the organisation* | ||||
| Emergency medical services (paramedics) | 1 | 0.3 | No harm | 35 | 5.7 |
| Physician | 25 | 7.4 | Reputation loss | 271 | 44.1 |
| Nurse, radiographer, laboratory technician | 238 | 70.0 | Personnell damage | 1 | 0.2 |
| Practical nurse or other care giver | 14 | 4.1 | Material damage | 3 | 0.5 |
| Research staff | 9 | 2.6 | Extra work | 239 | 38.9 |
| Other | 26 | 7.6 | Prolonged treatment | 40 | 6.5 |
| Missing | 27 | 7.9 | Extra costs | 13 | 2.1 |
| Total | 340 | 100 | Missing | 12 | 2.0 |
| Report type | Total | 614 | 100 | ||
| No harm or near miss incident | 85 | 25.0 | Incident report involved with* | ||
| Observational finding or proposal | 4 | 1.2 | Aseptics | 12 | 2.7 |
| Harmful incident | 251 | 73.8 | Diagnosis | 22 | 4.9 |
| Total | 340 | 100 | Emergency medical services (paramedics) | 5 | 1.1 |
| Action proposal to avoid similar harm in the future* | Invasive treatment | 6 | 1.3 | ||
| No action | 46 | 12.8 | Laboratory or radiographing | 22 | 4.9 |
| Information of and conversation with personnel | 209 | 58.1 | Device or use of device | 1 | 0.2 |
| Planning of development project | 70 | 19.4 | Drug or fluid therapy or blood transfusion | 106 | 23.8 |
| Informing management team | 35 | 9.7 | Information flow or information management | 177 | 39.7 |
| Total | 360 | 100 | Violence | 13 | 2.9 |
| Event condition and factors involved* | Accident | 2 | 0.4 | ||
| Nonindetifiable or normal situation | 2 | 0.4 | Other action | 80 | 17.9 |
| Communication and information flow | 155 | 30.1 | Total | 446 | 100 |
| Training and introduction | 55 | 10.7 | Unit of reporter | ||
| Devices and equipment | 2 | 0.4 | ED itself | 80 | 23.5 |
| Medication | 4 | 0.8 | Emergency medical services (paramedics) | 7 | 2.1 |
| Management or organisation | 12 | 2.3 | Hospital bed ward | 143 | 42.1 |
| Patient and family | 18 | 3.5 | Operative unit | 6 | 1.8 |
| Teamwork | 30 | 5.8 | Special outpatient departments | 15 | 4.4 |
| Operating methods | 143 | 27.8 | General practice bedward | 28 | 8.2 |
| Resources | 42 | 8.2 | Healthcare center (GP) | 16 | 4.7 |
| Missing | 52 | 10.1 | Home nursing | 8 | 2.4 |
| Total | 515 | 100 | Nursing home | 7 | 2.1 |
| Estimated consequence to the patient | Pharmacy | 8 | 2.4 | ||
| No harm | 100 | 29.4 | Other | 22 | 6.5 |
| Mild harm | 157 | 46.2 | Total | 340 | 100 |
| Moderate harm | 67 | 19.7 | Free text answer was given with the report** | 293 | 86.2 |
| Severere harm | 4 | 1.2 | No free text answer | 47 | 13.8 |
| Not estimated | 8 | 2.4 | Total | 340 | 100 |
| Missing | 4 | 1.2 | *Multiple answer choices allowed | ||
| Total | 340 | 100 | ** Answers used in qualitative analysis |