Responses of faculty anaesthesiologists to survey questions capturing barriers to submitting reports through hospital-wide system (January 2023 survey) and specialty-specific (January 2023 and May 2023 surveys) incident reporting systems (IRS)
| Hospital-wide IRS (January 2023)* | Specialty-specific IRS (January 2023)† | Specialty-specific IRS (May 2023)‡ | |
| Surveys completed (N) | 65 | 65 | 44 |
| Difficult to access | 33 (51%) | 7 (11%) | 2 (5%) |
| Limited time | 32 (49%) | 30 (46%) | 25 (57%) |
| Pessimism about change | 28 (43%) | 14 (22%) | 9 (20%) |
| Not designed for physicians or CRNAs | 27 (42%) | 4 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
| Punitive action | 20 (31%) | 11 (17%) | 6 (14%) |
| Do not know what to report | 8 (12%) | 6 (9%) | 8 (18%) |
*January 2023 survey question 3—‘If you observed a possible patient safety incident and did not fill out a [hospital-wide system] report, what were the reasons you did not fill out the report? [Check all that apply]’.
†January 2023 survey question 5—’What are the reasons you are less likely to fill out a [Specialty-specific system] report? [Check all that apply]’.
‡May 2023 survey question 3—’What are the reasons you are less likely to fill out a [Specialty-specific system] report? [Check all that apply]’.
CRNAs, certified registered nurse anaesthetists.