Survey to identify depth of penetration of critical incident reporting systems in Austrian healthcare facilities

• Main Authors: Gerald Sendlhofer PhD (Author), Harald Eder MD (Author), Karina Leitgeb MSc (Author), Roland Gorges Dr (Author), Heidelinde Jakse MD (Author), Marianne Raiger MSc (Author), Silvia Türk MD (Author), Walter Petschnig MSc (Author), Gudrun Pregartner DI (Author), Lars-Peter Kamolz (Author), Gernot Brunner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Incident reporting systems or so-called critical incident reporting systems (CIRS) were first recommended for use in health care more than 15 years ago. The uses of these CIRS are highly variable among countries, ranging from being used to report critical incidents, falls, or sentinel events resulti...