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ANZCA and FPM CPD Program resources: Incident reporting

Activity: Incident reporting Practice evaluation - Measuring outcomes

Incident reporting

  • Reporting on adverse events and near misses allows reflection and learning to improve the quality and safety of care. Reporting promotes consideration of why the incident occurred and any future actions (including systems changes) to prevent similar future events.

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  • May be undertaken via department, unit, or group, but significant contribution to the report is required to claim CPD hours for this activity
  • May be reported via web-based system or in hard copy, binationally (for example: WebAIRS), nationally, regionally, or locally (for example: department, unit, group practice).

  • Report an anaesthetic incident - via WebAIRS
  • Create a critical incident report or attend a related meeting
  • Undertake anaesthesia-related mortality reports activities
  • Participate in an ANSafe, IRAM or RiskMan or similar activity or reporting
  • Present an incident case study
  • Prepare an incident report for internal reporting purposes
  • Report an unexpected PICU admission
  • Submit a report via a state-based system such as Datix, SCIDUA, VHIMS

External reports

  • New Zealand: POMRC (Perioperative Mortality Review Committee)
  • ACT: ACTASM (The Australian Capital Territory Audit of Surgical Mortality)
  • NT: NTASM (The Northern Territory Audit of Surgical Mortality)
  • NSW: SCIDUA (The Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia)
  • QLD: QPPAMRC (The Queensland Perioperative and Periprocedural Anaesthetic Mortality Review Committee)
  • SA: SAAMC (The South Australian Anaesthetic Mortality Committee)
  • VIC: VPCC (The Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council)
  • TAS: TAAM (The Tasmanian Audit of Anaesthesia Mortality)
  • WA: WAAMC (The Western Australian Anaesthetic Mortality Committee)

External resources

WebAIRS

  • Incidents
  • News
  • Events
  • Publications
  • FAQ

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