Table 4 Incidence density (number of adverse events per 1000 days of hospitalisation) of adverse events identified during hospitalisation according to preventability and to main exposure or mechanism.
All adverse events | Preventable adverse events | |||
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n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | 95% CI | |
Invasive procedure | 168 (4.4) | 3.6% to 5.1% | 56 (1.4) | 1.0% to 1.8% |
Including surgical operations | 124 (3.2) | 2.6% to 3.9% | 39 (1.0) | 0.6% to 1.4% |
Healthcare product | 71 (1.8) | 1.3% to 2.2% | 30 (0.7) | 0.4% to 1.0% |
Including medications | 52 (1.3) | 0.9% to 1.7% | 22 (0.5) | 0.2% to 0.7% |
Care‐related infection | 57 (1.6) | 1.1% to 2.0% | 17 (0.4) | 0.2% to 0.6% |
Including surgical wound infections | 13 (0.3) | 0.1% to 0.5% | 1 (0.02) | 0% to 0.3% |