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Adaptation of an adverse events registration form for use in recording incidents in pediatric emergency departments
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Beteta Fernández D, Pereda Mas A, Pérez Cánovas C, Navarro Egea AP, Pardo Ríos M, Alcaraz Martínez J. Adaptation of an adverse events registration form for use in recording incidents in pediatric emergency departments. Rev Esp Urg Emerg. 2025;4:76–80
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OBJECTIVE. To adapt a registration form based on a regional study of care-derived adverse events (Spanish acronym: ERIDA) so that it could be used to register incidents compromising patient safety in pediatric emergency departments.
MATERIAL AND METHODS. The adaptation process had 2 phases: a review of the literature and steps to establish the consensus of experts. We searched the following databases in the first phase: the Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE (Excerpt Medica Database), and CINHAL (Cumulated Index in Nursing and Allied Health Literature). In the consensus phase a group of 10 experts in
pediatric patient safety from across Spain met to apply the Delphi method.
RESULTS. The literature review identified a large number of publications on adverse events and safety in nursing care, although few of the studies specifically addressed safety in pediatric emergency departments. Consensus was reached in a single round of the Delphi process, in which 9 publications with low quality scores (< 7) were eliminated and 2 new publications were added related to extravasation and behavioral changes under the heading of effects of adverse events. The process enabled the experts to adapt the form for use in pediatric emergency departments.
CONCLUSIONS. The experts developed a form (Spanish acronym, RISE-SUHP) appropriate for registering adverse events related to patient safety. The form should help Spanish pediatric emergency departments improve patient safety.