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Table 4 The frequency of adverse events in the past year

From: The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events in Iranian hospitals: a survey among 360 nurses

 

Never

Several Times A Year

Once A Month

Several Times A Month

Once A Week

Several Times A Week

Everyday

Pressure ulcer

(51.7%)

186

(32.18%)

118

(7.8%)

28

(4.7%)

17

(1.1%)

4

(1.1%)

4

(0.8%)

3

Patient fall

(66.9%)

241

(22.2%)

80

(7.2%)

26

(1.9%)

7

(0.6%)

2

(0.3%)

1

(0.8%)

3

Adverse Drug Events

(51.7%)

186

(37.5%)

135

(6.9%)

25

(2.8%)

10

(0.6%)

2

(0%)

0

(0.6%)

2

Surgical wound infection

(53.6%)

193

(31.1%)

112

(7.8%)

28

(5.6%)

20

(1.1%)

4

(.03%)

1

(0.6%)

2

Infusion or transfusion ‎reaction

(57.8%)

208

(30.3%)

109

(8.9%)

32

(1.7%)

6

(0.6%)

2

(0.3%)

1

(0.6%)

2

Patients or their family complaints

(48.9%)

176

(32.8%)

118

(5.3%)

19

(8.3%)

30

(0.8%)

3

(3.1%)

11

(0.8%)

3