2011 Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages 31-38
These 10 years, Japanese hospitals have made efforts to prevent adverse events for patient safety, and some results have been carried out. JCQHC (Japan Council for Quality Health Care) that has been accredited hospitals also receives information on adverse events from hospitals which are mandated legally to report serious events. According to this reporting system of JCQHC, during 2009, 1895 cases of serious adverse events were reported from 273 hospitals. Among them, 788 cases were from tertiary care hospitals. 8.2％ patients were died and 40％ were injured. Accumulated cases have been applied not to repeat these accidents in other hospitals.
