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Ordinance On Reporting Of Adverse Events In Health Care, Etc.

Original Language Title: Bekendtgørelse om rapportering af utilsigtede hændelser i sundhedsvæsenet m.v.

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Publication of reporting of accidental occurrences in the healthcare system, etc.

In accordance with section 199 (4), 2 and 3 and § 202 (3). 1 and 2 in the Health Act, cf. Law Order no. 913 of 13. In July 2010 :

Scope of application

§ 1. The rules laid down in this notice shall apply to the health care services and other places where health professional activities are performed, including the performance of the performance and in the provision of and provision of information on medicinal products.

Definitions

§ 2. In the case of accidental occurrences, in this notice, known and unknown incidents and errors that are not caused by the patient ' s disease and which are either harmful or may have been harmful, but prior to being averted or, by the way, did not come into due account of other circumstances. An acci-discharged event includes an event occurring in the context of health professional activities, including the performance or the provision of information on the supply and information on medicinal products.

Paragraph 2. In the case of treatment, examination, diagnosis, treatment, disease treatment, birth care, rehabilitation, health care care, prevention and health promotion in relation to the individual patient.

Paragraph 3. In the case of health-care professionals, persons authorized under particular legislation to carry out health professional tasks and persons acting on their responsibility.

Paragraph 4. In the case of paramedics, persons who have undergone training in the field under applicable law.

Paragraph 5. For pharmacists, persons who have apothecary authorization or are employed as head of a hospital or a pharmacy in a private hospital in accordance with applicable law.

Paragraph 6. In the case of pharmacies, pharmacies, pharmacies, pharmacoeut-students and defective tricteens who are employed in pharmacies are taken.

Paragraph 7. The persons who are responsible for reporting persons shall be understood to be covered by paragraph 1. 2-6.

Paragraph 8. In the case of presiding, an effort shall be taken on the arrival of a hospital by means of transport in medical services, medical or air transport, etc., in the case of acute sick, injured and foetal, and health professional activity at on-call stations. The transport of patients between hospitals in the abovementioned means of transport is also covered by this effort in reporting unintended occurrences.

Niner. 9. In the supply of and information on medicinal products, services of the apothecary sector are understood.

Paragraph 10. For the purposes of a patient, a person receiving or received treatment of a health expert shall be received or received or received, or received, the supply of or information on medicinal products from the pharmacist sector.

Paragraph 11. For next of kin, all relatives are understood to be relatives of a patient, including relatives who do not have family ties to the patient and who have knowledge of unintended events to which the patient has been exposed.

Reporting to regions, municipalities and private hospitals

§ 3. The reporting obligation includes events, as a person liable to be observed in connection with the events taking place, including events such as they themselves are involved in, as events related to the observing of other health professionals In addition, reporting obligations shall include incidents which may subsequently be referred to in the course of the exercise of its professional activities.

Paragraph 2. Reporting pursuant to paragraph 1 1 shall be carried out as soon as possible and within seven days of the notification of the reporting duty by the person responsible for the reporting.

§ 4. Unintended events occurring in the region, in the case of the activities of private practitioners, the performance and pharmacists and the supply and information of pharmacists, must be reported to the region, where they've been made.

Paragraph 2. Untilled events that take place in the premedial action are reported to the region that has carried out the transport of the patient. Untilled events that occur on on-call centres in the context of pre-hospital activities shall be reported to the region in which the security centre is located.

Paragraph 3. Unintended events which have occurred in a private hospital must be reported to the private hospital in question.

Paragraph 4. Untilled events that have occurred in the municipality must be reported to the municipality in which they have been presented.

Paragraph 5. Regions and municipalities must receive reports from the institutions that they have operational responsibilities or supervision of supervision.

Paragraph 6. Unintended events which arise in connection with sector transitions shall be reported to the region or municipality where the unintended event occurred. The health agreements may, however, prescribe other things.

Paragraph 7. The reporting to the region, municipality or private hospital shall be made electronically via the Internet-based reporting system on the website www.dpsd.dk or by filling and submitting a form of paper form to the Health Services.

Reporting access for patients and relatives

§ 5. A patient or his next of kin can report an acci-discharged event to a region, a municipality or a private hospital, cf. § 4.

Paragraph 2. There is no time limit for reports from patients or their relatives.

Reporting to Health Services

§ 6. The regions, municipalities and the private hospitals shall pass on the reports referred to in sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Board of Health.

Paragraph 2. Forage registration must be carried out as soon as possible after the region, the local authority or the private hospital has completed the case processing in the event of the individual unintended occurrence, but not later than 90 days after the reporting is received.

§ 7. Dissemination of reports to the Board of Health shall be made anonymized in an anonymized form. The reports must not contain names, addresses, personal numbers, and other information that allows you to identify the health professionals involved and patients involved.

§ 8. The transmission of reports to the Health Services by the Regions, the local authorities and privates shall be made electronically by completing one of the health services produced by a template.

§ 9. If regions, municipalities and private hospitals have drawn up analyses, follow-up plans and actions of reported adverse incidents, these shall be forwarded at the request of the Board of Health at the request of the Health Services.

Paragraph 2. Exworked temps and year-end reports must be automatically passed to the Health Services, cf. health law, section 199 (4). 3

Entry into force

§ 10. The announcement shall enter into force on 1 September 2010, cf. however, paragraph 1 3.

Paragraph 2. At the same time, notice No 451 of 21. May December 2007 on the reporting of unintended events in the hospital system.

Paragraph 3. Section 5 shall enter into force on 1. September, 2011.

Instructions

§ 11. The Board of Health, in association with this notice, has drawn up a guide clarifying reporting obligations, reporting access and reporting option.

NHS, the 14th. July 2010

Jesper Fisker

/ Anne Mette Dons

Editorial Note
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