Table 2.

Sources of incident reporting

Source	Definition
Self	An ED practitioner who was directly involved in the care of the patient when the perceived patient safety incident occurred
ED	An ED practitioner not directly involved in the care of the patient at the time that the perceived patient safety incident occurred
HP	A practitioner within the hospital that is not an ED practitioner or a clinical committee within the hospital (for example - the Stroke Care Committee)
OP	A health care practitioner from outside the hospital
PFM	A patient or family member
Admin	Central hospital management forwarding a concern from an outside agency (for example - an insurance company generated concern)
Risk	Risk management; a hospital administrative unit responsible for risk assessment and quality management.