Ventilator-related adverse events: a taxonomy and findings from 3 incident reporting systems.

Pham JC, Williams TL, Sparnon EM, Cillie TK, Scharen HF, Marella WM. Respir Care. 2016 Jan 26; [Epub ahead of print].

Using ventilator-associated adverse events as a test case, this study illustrates how the public–private partnership for the promotion of patient safety concept can augment understanding of patient safety issues. The group successfully developed a common taxonomy for evaluating adverse events from three different reporting systems.