Description

Brief description of patient surgeries or procedures related to the event.

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List procedures connected or related to the reported event (i.e., those contributing to the event and those performed as a result of, or to prevent an event from occurring).

Additional Support

Which surgeries or procedures do I include under “Relevant surgeries or procedures”?

The Event tab Details section in the PSRP online reporting form collects and categorizes information about the patient prior to the event, and about the event itself. Under “Additional Event Information,” the “relevant surgeries and procedures” category field determines which surgery or procedure was underway when the event took place (or was planned, if the event was an unsafe condition or near miss).

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For example, a patient was in the process of receiving an MRI, fell off the table, fractured his their wrist, and underwent surgery to repair the broken wrist. In this case, the MRI is the relevant surgery or procedure. The wrist surgery to repair the fracture should be included in the “Complete Account” sectionAccount, which is ” located under in the Summary tab.To provide more clarity, the prompt text in the reporting form for the “relevant surgeries and procedures” category has been updated. The text that appears below the question now reads: “Please list surgeries or procedures that preceded the reported event, or during which the reported event occurred (e.g., knee surgery, central line insertion).”Event Summary section.

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