GPA Tip Detail

Identifying Near Misses

Identifying and recording any near misses, slips and errors can be a useful tool in improving your systems and providing a greater quality of care to your patients. All staff should be familiar with how to and to whom at the Practice they are to report any occurrences they believe could be prevented or deterred in the future. Discussing and analysing these errors at staff meetings and using the feedback to improve systems where applicable is of obvious benefit to your practice while also meeting a new indicator in the 3rd Edition Standards.

3.1.2B Our GP(s) and clinical staff can describe an improvement we have made to prevent slips, lapses and mistakes in clinical care from reoccurring - Page 48 - 3rd Edition Book

For further reference you may wish to review the RACGP 'Using near misses to improve the quality of care for your patients' publication. Order forms are available to download at www.racgp.org.au/folder.asp/id=834 or phone the College on 03 8699 0495 to get your copy. The publication costs $44.00 or Members of the College can receive it free of charge.