Safety Incident Management Team Report for NIMLT Case 50796
| dc.contributor.author | Health Service Executive | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-25T12:01:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-25T12:01:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-01-17 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621033 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This is a report on the management of a patient safety incident involving BowelScreen and symptomatic colonoscopy services at Wexford General Hospital (WGH). The patient safety incident relates to the work of a Consultant Endoscopist (referred to as Clinician Y) employed by WGH who undertook screening colonoscopies on behalf of the BowelScreen Programme since the commencement of the screening programme in WGH in March 2013. Clinician Y also performed non-screening colonoscopies for the diagnosis of symptomatic patients as part of routine surgical service provision at WGH. The management of the patient safety incident was in accordance with the HSE Safety Incident Management Policy with particular reference to the HSE Guidelines for the Implementation a Look-back Review Process in the HSE (1-3). | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Health Service Executive (HSE) | en |
| dc.subject | CANCER SCREENING | en |
| dc.subject | HOSPITALS | en |
| dc.subject | PATIENT SAFETY | en |
| dc.subject | COLONOSCOPY | en |
| dc.title | Safety Incident Management Team Report for NIMLT Case 50796 | en |
| dc.type | Report | en |
| dc.description.funding | No funding | en |
| dc.description.province | Munster | en |
| dc.description.peer-review | peer-review | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-27T19:05:29Z | |
| html.description.abstract | This is a report on the management of a patient safety incident involving BowelScreen and symptomatic colonoscopy services at Wexford General Hospital (WGH). The patient safety incident relates to the work of a Consultant Endoscopist (referred to as Clinician Y) employed by WGH who undertook screening colonoscopies on behalf of the BowelScreen Programme since the commencement of the screening programme in WGH in March 2013. Clinician Y also performed non-screening colonoscopies for the diagnosis of symptomatic patients as part of routine surgical service provision at WGH. The management of the patient safety incident was in accordance with the HSE Safety Incident Management Policy with particular reference to the HSE Guidelines for the Implementation a Look-back Review Process in the HSE (1-3). |
