The impact of a standardized incident reporting system in the perioperative setting: a single center experience on 2,563 ‘near-misses’ and adverse events

Table 7 Estimated patient consequences and risk of recurrence of the 1,300 voluntarily reported perioperative adverse events

Estimated patient consequences						Total
Catastrophe	0	0	0	1	1	2
Very serious	4	6	16	7	1	34
Serious	4	18	58	18	7	105
Marginally serious	22	47	146	44	14	273
None	134	228	335	138	51	886
Total	164	299	555	208	74	1300
Estimated risk of recurrence	Almost inevitable	Probable	Possible	Small	Negligible

Estimated patient consequences and risk of recurrence of the 1,300 voluntarily reported perioperative adverse events.

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