To kick-off Canadian Patient Safety Week (October 25-29), our Hospital is bringing back Good Catch Awards to highlight individuals, groups or departments who demonstrate their commitment to keeping everyone safe by reporting a good catch (near miss). Recipients will be selected based on the nature of the good catch and the impact to safety.

What is a ‘good catch’?

A ‘good catch’ (or near miss) is an event or situation that could have resulted in an accident, injury or illness to a patient, but did not, either by chance or through timely intervention. Since good catches never reach the patient, they give us information about the protective systems in place and by sharing this information we can prevent them from ever reaching someone.

How is a good catch (near miss) reported?

Near miss reports (good catches) are submitted by accessing the same program used for patient safety incidents (Incident Learning System). Click on the ‘safety reporting’ icon from your Novell home page, or go to the iNtranet and choose ‘Safety Reporting’ under ‘Informational’.

Good Catch Awards will continue on a quarterly basis after Canadian Patient Safety Week — so stay tuned for more details!

For more information, please contact Katherine Mayer, Patient Safety Specialist (mayerk@tbh.net).