Sécurisation des soins et indicateurs en réanimation : taxonomie générale

In the literature, the distinction between medical errors, adverse events, complications of care and other terms related to patient safety is not well established. Accordingly, these terms are commonly interchangeable. There is consensus that common terminology and classification scheme (taxonomy) with standardisation of patient safety data would facilitate improvement in incidents reporting, tracking and analysis. In this report, medical errors, adverse events, safety indicators and other terms such as preventability and safety practices are defined and submitted to the expert panel rating.