Type of AE | AEs in orthopedic care n (%) | AEs in other specialties excluding orthopedic care n (%) | Preventablea AEs in orthopedic care n (%) | Preventablea AEs in other specialties excluding orthopedic care n (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Healthcare-associated infection | 344 (36) | 1699 (33) | 245 (71) | 1030 (61) |
Postoperative wound infection | 135 (14) | 330 (6) | 104 (77) | 255 (77) |
Urinary tract infection | 100 (11) | 471 (9) | 72 (72) | 282 (60) |
Other infection | 44 (5) | 432 (8) | 26 (59) | 230 (53) |
Pneumonia (excluding ventilator- associated pneumonia) | 32 (3) | 197 (4) | 17 (53) | 106 (54) |
Sepsis | 14 (1) | 157 (3) | 9 (64) | 87 (55) |
Ventilator-associated pneumonia | 8 (1) | 27 (1) | 7 (88) | 20 (74) |
Central line associated infection | 7 (1) | 37 (1) | 7 (100) | 29 (78) |
Clostridium difficile positive stool | 4 | 48 (1) | 3 (75) | 21 (44) |
Distended urinary bladder | 136 (14) | 421 (8) | 121 (89) | 373 (89) |
Surgical and other invasive AEs | 130 (14) | 655 (13) | 82 (63) | 374 (57) |
Reoperation | 51 (5) | 181 (4) | 35 (69) | 121 (67) |
Other surgical AEs | 36 (4) | 247 (5) | 20 (56) | 136 (55) |
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma (not requiring reoperation) | 34 (4) | 138 (3) | 20 (59) | 64 (46) |
Organ injury | 7 (1) | 88 (2) | 5 (71) | 52 (59) |
Wrong side, wrong site, wrong patient | 2 | 1 | 2 (100) | 1 (100,0) |
Pressure ulcer (category 2–4) | 89 (9) | 342 (7) | 85 (96) | 303 (89) |
Adverse drug event | 59 (6) | 512 (10) | 41 (69) | 239 (47) |
Other AEs | 48 (5) | 302 (6) | 34 (71) | 139 (46) |
Skin or superficial vessel AEs | 40 (4) | 312 (6) | 34 (85) | 236 (76) |
Falls | 35 (4) | 297 (6) | 29 (83) | 168 (57) |
Thrombosis or emboli | 21 (2) | 93 (2) | 4 (19) | 37 (40) |
Failure in vital signs | 18 (2) | 138 (3) | 8 (44) | 55 (40) |
Hemorrhage not connected to surgery | 14 (1) | 123 (2) | 7 (50) | 27 (22) |
Neurological injury | 6 (1) | 23 | 4 (67) | 7 (30) |
Allergic reaction | 6 (1) | 74 (1) | 0 | 14 (19) |
Anesthesia related AEs | 4 | 30 (1) | 3 (75) | 16 (53) |
Medical technique related AEs | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 (30) |
Postpartum or obstetric AEs | 0 | 90 (2) | 0 | 31 (34) |
Total | 950 (100) | 5121 (100) | 697 (73) | 3052 (60) |