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Whether the error had an impact on the outcome (death) was noted (no impact, minimal impact, moderate impact, major impact), as was its preventability (unpreventable, potentially preventable, probably preventable or definitely preventable).
Definitely preventable.
Most errors were deemed definitely preventable.
‡AEs and ADEs were considered preventable if the rating was "Definitely preventable" or "Probably preventable".
No reviewer considered any of the deaths as definitely preventable (Table I).
This included deaths that were "definitely preventable," "strong evidence it was preventable," and "probably preventable".
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Definitely not preventable.
The majority of errors were deemed probably (33%) or definitely (66%) preventable.
We also assessed ADR preventability (defined as definitely or probably preventable, or not preventable), using the criteria devised by Schumock and Thornton.
Thirty of these thirty-four were considered definitely PCV13-preventable infections, since the PCR assays used were specific for one serotype.
Preventable ADRs, a definition which includes both the "definitely" and "probably" preventable ADRs, were in total 42%; of these 51.6% were serious, 59.6% were hospitalized, and 61.2% died.
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