Care management problems on the labour ward: 5 years' experience of clinical risk management
This is a retrospective review of 310 reports by staff following clinical risk incidents on the labour ward between 1996 and 2000 in a district general hospital with 3600 deliveries per year. Care management problems were identified and Reason's model of critical incident analysis applied to cl...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2002-09, Vol.22 (5), p.470-476 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This is a retrospective review of 310 reports by staff following clinical risk incidents on the labour ward between 1996 and 2000 in a district general hospital with 3600 deliveries per year. Care management problems were identified and Reason's model of critical incident analysis applied to classify them into person- and system-based problems. Care management problems occurred in 165 (53%) cases, representing 0·9% of all deliveries. The main person-based problems were errors in CTG interpretation (22%), poor operative technique (22%) and non-standard practice/poor clinical judgement (19%). System-based problems included insufficient staff numbers (45%), ineffective teamwork/communication (39%) and inadequately maintained equipment (7%). Structured analysis of clinical incident reports can identify the extent and nature of obstetric care management problems and highlight important contributory areas potentially amenable to improvement. |
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ISSN: | 0144-3615 1364-6893 |
DOI: | 10.1080/0144361021000003564 |