Table 1.
Criteria used to identify reports containing continuous subcutaneous infusion palliative medication incidents.
| Palliative exclusion criteria |
| 1. Patient not in last phase of life that is, having a potentially life- limiting or progressive condition requiring general or specialist palliative care for symptom control, social, psychological and/or spiritual support (but not limited to last days of life). |
| 2. Not a medication process that is, no mention of a medication name, tablet, CSCI, continuous subcutaneous infusion or other medication delivery method. |
| 3. Medications used without palliative intent for example, anaesthetic procedures, incident solely related to disease-modifying treatment, for example, chemotherapy drug errors. |
| 4. Incident not related to patient care that is, the incident did not describe a patient safety incident. For example, reporting an expected death where no patient safety incident occurred. |
| 5. Not a syringe driver process that is, no mention of syringe driver, CSCI, continuous subcutaneous infusion, driver or giving set. |