Abstract

PIERDEVARA, Ludmila; VENTURA, Inês Margarida; EIRAS, Margarida  and  GRACIAS, Amélia Maria Brito. Trigger Tool in Patient Safety: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Port J Public Health [online]. 2017, vol.35, n.2, pp.1-69. ISSN 2504-3137.  https://doi.org/10.1159/000479606.

Introduction: The high incidence of adverse events (AE) is one of the troubling situations described in the literature that is directly related with the rise of healthcare costs and the days of hospitalization. The Global Trigger Tool (GTT) methodology is relatively new but has shown promising results, in international contexts, by tracking AE actions. Objective: To obtain a body of proof, sets of information relating to the use of this methodology in a hospital setting were gathered. Methodology: This is a systematic review of the literature, based on primary studies of this subject, published between 2009 and 2014. Results: The study includes 8 primary studies and their results show relevant data on the utility of GTT in a hospital setting. Conclusion: The scientific evidence shows that the implementation of the GTT method as an AE monitoring strategy is a viable tool, since it allows to follow up the implementation of AE occurrence reduction changes.

Keywords : Global Trigger Tool; Patient safety; Adverse events; Safety management; Patient harm; Medical errors.

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