The latest e-News from ANZCA, the ASA and the NZSA encourages the reporting of ¨Near Misses¨ to webAIRS. A ¨Near Miss¨ is defined by the World Health Organisation as ¨an error that has the potential to cause an adverse event (patient harm) but fails to do so because of chance or because it is intercepted¨.
Learning from near misses and adverse events is an important aspect of perioperative patient safety monitoring. We are encouraging the anaesthetic community to ensure that they report all near misses, as well as adverse events, so that they become aware of emerging risks and communicate these to prevent adverse events reaching the patient.
A full explanation with examples is included in the document, ¨Reporting incidents to webAIRS¨ which can be accessed using the link below. To report an incident to webAIRS please login using the menu options above.