Severity |
1 | Minor event | No consequences; delay in execution of the test |
2 | Moderate event | Less effective communication of positive result; request for test to be repeated |
3 | Major event | Failure in the communication of a negative result; subjects not taking the test receive a result communication (damage of trust in the programme); lack of informed consent |
4 | Catastrophic event | False negative; failure in communication of a positive result |
Detection |
1 | Certain | The error can certainly be detected and corrected |
2 | High | High possibility of error being detected and corrected |
3 | Medium | Moderate possibility of error being detected and corrected |
4 | Remote | There is no or only a remote possibility of the error being detected and corrected |
Occurrence |
1 | Remote | <1/10 000 |
2 | Very low | Between 1/10 000 and 1/1000 |
3 | Low | Between 1/1 000 and 5/1000 |
4 | Moderate | Between 5/1000 and 1/100 |
5 | High | Between 1/100 and 5/100 |
6 | Very high | >5/100 |