Adverse Events in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients

David C. Stockwell, Christopher P. Landrigan, Sara L. Toomey, Samuel S. Loren, Jisun Jang, Jessica A. Quinn, Sepideh Ashrafzadeh, Michelle J. Wang, Melody Wu, Paul J. Sharek, David C. Classen, Rajendu Srivastava (+2 others)
2018 Pediatrics  
: media-1vid110.1542/5789657761001PEDS-VA_2017-3360Video Abstract BACKGROUND: Patient safety concerns over the past 2 decades have prompted widespread efforts to reduce adverse events (AEs). It is unclear whether these efforts have resulted in reductions in hospital-wide AE rates. We used a validated safety surveillance tool, the Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety, to measure temporal trends (2007-2012) in AE rates among hospitalized children.
doi:10.1542/peds.2017-3360 pmid:30006445 pmcid:PMC6317760 fatcat:7gwq7jmrvrazhb7jopsaluiwra