470 Patient Safety in the Nicu

Background: Patient safety is a spearhead of the University Medical Centre of Utrecht (UMCU), the Netherlands. It recognizes that human error is inevitable. Wherever possible, the system should be (re)designed in such a way that human error is discovered or intercepted before it leads to patient harm. Reporting incidents is part of the patient safety program running in our hospital. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the UMCU wanted to have more insight in the incident reports on their unit. By analysing the reports with NICU professionals, the chance of effective improvement on the department would be increased.