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Table 3 Catheter associated adverse events during audit and feedback ā€“ classification

From: A pre and post intervention study to reduce unnecessary urinary catheter use on general internal medicine wards of a large academic health science center

WHO Level 1 Classification

Total Events*

Urinary catheter events*

Preventable AE*

Non-Preventable AE*

Potential AE*

Clinical process/procedure

148 (49.5%)

14 (70%)

8 (61.5%)

3 (75%)

3 (100%)

Healthcare associated infection

28 (9.4%)

5 (25%)

5 (38.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Medication/IV fluid/biological (includes vaccine)

79 (26.4%)

1 (5%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

Other

44 (14.7%)

0

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Total

299 (100%)

20 (100%)

13 (100%)

4 (100%)

3 (100%)

  1. *Percentages are relative to column totals