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February 28, 2024Global Journal on Quality and Safety in HealthcareOpen Access

Using Incident Reporting Systems to Improve Patient Safety and Quality of Care

Augustine Kumah Juliet Zon Emmanuel Obot Tarsicius Kumih Yaw Esther Nketsiah Shelter Agbeko Bobie

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES1. Introduce incident reporting systems (IRS) as a concept to improve patient safety and quality of care 2. Describe the characteristics of an IRS 3. Demonstrate the flow of incidents through the IRS and how it can be used in healthcare (case study).

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Kumah et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e771ffb6db6435876e6989 https://doi.org/10.36401/jqsh-23-39

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