Table 3.

Prioritized list of knowledge gaps contributing to patient safety events by patient age.

Factor	Number of references within free-text responses (percent of total references)
Neonates (0 – 28 days)
In general, lack of experience, training, and skills	310 (26.6%)
Assessment and/or monitoring	80 (6.9%)
Medication calculation	63 (5.4%)
Prevention of hypothermia/knowing neonate vitals	24 (2.1%)
Infants (29 days - 11 months)
In general, lack of experience, training, and skills	202 (18.2%)
Assessment and/or monitoring	123 (11.1%)
Lack of exposure to infants	89 (8.0%)
Medication calculation	72 (6.5%)
Toddlers (12 – 24 months)
In general, lack of experience, training, and skills	179 (16.7%)
Assessment and/or monitoring	114 (10.6%)
Lack of exposure to toddlers	68 (6.3%)
Medication calculation	63 (5.9%)
School age (25 months - 11 years)
Assessment and/or monitoring	91 (10.1%)
Lack of exposure to school age children	84 (9.4%)
Medication calculation	57 (6.4%)
Adolescents (12 – 18 years)
In general, lack of experience, training, and skills	59 (8.6%)
Assessment and/or monitoring	60 (8.8%)
Medication calculation	41 (6.0%)
Lack of exposure to adolescents	20 (2.9%)