%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of Daily Safety Briefing Huddles on the Reporting of Adverse Events and Near-misses
%J -
%D 2019
%X Background: Incident reporting offers valuable information regarding safety issues, but near-misses (NM) and adverse events (AE) remain underreported. DSB huddles help foster collective situational awareness that increases an organization¡¯s capacity to respond to safety concerns. However, effects of DSB huddles on AE/NM reporting remain understudied. Objective: To examine how daily safety briefing (DSB) huddles operate in a surgical unit, and assess their impact on reporting of adverse events and near-misses. Methods: DSB huddles were piloted in a gastrointestinal surgical unit. The study compared AE/NM reporting rates and reporting types before and after adopting DSB huddles. Results: After adopting DSB huddles, AE reporting improved from 0.9% to 1.8%, and NM reporting improved from 0.5% to 7.1% (p < .05). Self-reporting of safety issues increased from 44.4% to 73.8%; NM reporting domains increased from 6 to 15. Conclusions: DSB huddles increased reporting rates of AE and of NM particularly, improved reporting dimensions of NM, and increased team members¡¯ situational patient safety awareness
%K Daily Safety Huddles
%K Incident Reporting
%K Near-misses
%K Risk Management
%K Patient Safety
%U http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=152&doi=10.11648/j.ajns.20190803.12