Adverse events in British hospitals: preliminary retrospective record review

Correction for Vincent et al., BMJ 322 (7285) 517-519.
Correction for Ferriman, BMJ 319 (7217) 1091.
BMJ 2001;322:1395 ( 9 June )

Correction

Adverse events in British hospitals: preliminary retrospective record review

Two errors persisted to publication in this article by Charles Vincent and colleagues (3 March, pp 517-8). The first columnheading in table 2 should read "No of adverse events" [not "Noof patients with adverse events"], and the penultimate sentencein the second paragraph of the results section should read: "Overall,57 [not 53] (48%) adverse events were judged preventable." Itshould also have been made clear that some of the authors' resultshad already been published earlier in the BMJ (1999;319:1091);in Organisation With a Memory (a report by an expert group, chairedby the chief medical officer for England, Liam Donaldson, on learningfrom adverse events in the NHS); and in Clinical Governance Bulletin.