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Incidents (adverse events and near misses) in relation to the number of patient contacts
| Number of patients treated | Adverse events n (%) |
Near misses n (%) |
Total of incidents n (%) |
|
| Infusion therapy | 3022 | 33 (1.1) | 47 (1.6) | 80 (2.7) |
| Parenteral nutrition | 1034 | 4 (0.4) | 9 (0.9) | 13 (1.3) |
| Morphine pumps | 1811 | 20 (1.1) | 27 (1.5) | 47 (2.6) |
| Total | 5867 | 57 (1.0) | 83 (1.4) | 140 (2.4) |
