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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Patient Saf. 2021 Dec 1;17(8):e1595–e1604. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000568

Table 1.

Safety report details of patients who experienced adverse reactions, including both hypersensitivity reactions and side effect reactions

  HSR reports
(n=436)
Side effect
reports (n=440)
Total AR
Reports
(n=876)
p-value*
Event severity <0.001
Near misses 363 (83) 316 (72) 679 (78)
Minor or temporary harm 45 (10) 78 (18) 123 (14)
Serious injury or high risk for serious injury 8 (2) 23 (5) 31 (4)
Reporter
Nurses 89 (20) 151 (34) 240 (27) <0.001
Pharmacists 149 (34) 91 (21) 240 (27) <0.001
Radiology provider 77 (18) 29 (7) 106 (12) <0.001
Medicine provider 20 (5) 51 (12) 71 (8) <0.001
Surgery provider 18 (4) 21 (5) 39 (5) 0.74
Anesthesia provider 16 (4) 26 (6) 42 (5) 0.15
Emergency service provider 13 (3) 16 (4) 29 (3) 0.71
Other 54 (12) 55 (13) 109 (12) >0.99

Data presented as number (%)

*

Fisher’s exact test.

43 AR reports had event severity missing

Other includes pediatric services, blood transfusion services, IV therapy, neurology, nutrition and food services, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, orthopedic surgery, pathology, physical/occupational therapy, psychiatry, respiratory care services, transplant services, and urology