This erratum is being published to correct two errors that appeared in the following article:
Crain J, McFaull S, Thompson W, et al. Status Report - The Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Preventive Program: a dynamic and innovative injury surveillance system. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2016;36(6):112-7.
The affiliation of author S. Mukhi should read Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Before correction
2 Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
After correction
2 Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
In the Limitations section, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario is missing a word.
Before correction
Like all injury surveillance systems, the CHIRPP is not without limitations. As the program comprises a sample of Canada’s hospital EDs, the data should not be used to draw conclusions about injury patterns across the entire Canadian population. However, some studies, have shown CHIRPP data to be representative of the profile of injuries in sports and recreation in Calgary, compared to regional health administrative data;34,35 injury cases at Montreal Children’s Hospital that did not require admission, did not present to the ED overnight, or were not poisonings;21 and children with severe injuries and younger children presenting at the Children’s Hospital of Ontario.36
After correction
Like all injury surveillance systems, the CHIRPP is not without limitations. As the program comprises a sample of Canada’s hospital EDs, the data should not be used to draw conclusions about injury patterns across the entire Canadian population. However, some studies, have shown CHIRPP data to be representative of the profile of injuries in sports and recreation in Calgary, compared to regional health administrative data;34, 35 injury cases at Montreal Children’s Hospital that did not require admission, did not present to the ED overnight, or were not poisonings;21 and children with severe injuries and younger children presenting at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.36