Table 6 Recommended potential strategies (n = 442) to avoid preventable surgical AEs (n = 150)
Potential prevention strategy | No. preventable AEs | Frequency (%)* |
|---|---|---|
Quality assurance/peer review (Continuously monitoring quality and assessment of health care workers performance by individuals in the same field) | 111 | 72.9 |
Training (improving (re) training programs for skills needed) | 78 | 58.9 |
Evaluation (evaluating the current way of behaving regarding safety) | 84 | 51.4 |
Procedures (improving formal and informal procedures) | 65 | 40.6 |
Motivation (positive behavior modification) | 41 | 30.2 |
Information and communication (improving available sources of information, communication structures and medical record keeping) | 33 | 17.3 |
Technology/equipment (e.g. redesign of technical devices) | 11 | 9.3 |
Personnel (Increasing amount of personnel) | 4 | 3.1 |
Scaling up (handling the problem at a higher organizational level) | 4 | 1.8 |
Financial investment (Financial investments in required areas) | 3 | 1.5 |
Other | 8 | 3.6 |