The Shift Coupon: an innovative method to monitor adverse events.

Adverse events are one method of measuring hospital quality; however, collecting these data is problematic. This article reports findings from a study conducted to collect data about the occurrence of adverse events in the hospital setting using an instrument called the Shift Coupon. The results demonstrated the viability of the Shift Coupon to collect adverse events data and identified the most commonly reported adverse events and nurse-reported causes of adverse events.

An innovative method of collecting adverse events data.

Although adverse events are one gauge of hospital quality, determining the incidence and causes of adverse events is fraught with problems. This study tested a method to prospectively collect anonymous adverse events data using the Adverse Event Coupon. The results demonstrated the viability of the Adverse Event Coupon to collect adverse events data.

Adverse events in acute care: an integrative literature review.

An integrative literature review was conducted to investigate studies on adverse events reported in medical, health services, and nursing literature. The review was guided by the method proposed by Jackson (1980) and Ganong (1987). Three questions shaped the review: (a) What terms are used to denote adverse events? (b) What purposes drive adverse events research? and (c) What data sources are used to study adverse events? Adverse events was the dominant term, the study of adverse events as an outcome variable was the prevailing research purpose, and monitoring or screening the patient clinical record and self-reported incidents by health care professionals were the main data sources.

The national health system of Great Britain. Part I.

The U.S. can learn much from close observation of off-shore single-payer health systems in decline.

In-use testing of four glutaraldehyde disinfectants in the Cidematic washer.

Four glutaraldehyde disinfectants (Cidex, Glutarex, Sonacide, and Sporicidin) were tested in routine use in the Cidematic washer to identify the most economic, effective disinfectant among them. An in vitro killing test with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (10-min exposure) and Mycobacterium smegmatis (20-min exposure) was used. All four disinfectants were effective prior to first use.