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Detection of medical errors and adverse events (AEs; errors that cause harm) has become an essential activity in pediatric care settings but typically does not include input from patients and families.
Researchers compared rates of errors and AEs detected by a family safety interview versus standard methods (incident reports, daily clinician safety surveys, prospective surveillance) on the inpatient units of four pediatric hospitals. Roughly 720 family members were interviewed weekly and at discharge by research staff, who classified reported safety concerns as nonharmful errors, AEs, or neither. Physician reviewer pairs then independently categorized these events and provided consensus ratings of type of error and level of harm.
Families rep…