Research Article

Safety Incidents in Psychiatric Inpatient Care: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Safety Incident Reports

Table 3

What happened during the safety incident?

SubcategoriesCategoriesMain categories

Patient tried to hurt a nursePatient was aggressive toward nursing staffAggression toward others
Patient attacked a nurse
Patient tried to hit a nurse
Patient acted aggressively toward the nursing staff
Patient verbally threatened the nursing staff
Patient aggressively resisted treatment activities
Patient locked a nurse into a small space and acted aggressively
Patient was threatening in the seclusion roomPatient acted threateningly
Patient had a sharp object
Patient was threatening after restricting actions
Patient was agitated and threatening
Multiple patients disturbed the ward together
Patient raged on the ward
Patient went without permission to the ward’s kitchen
Patient’s relative verbally threatened the nursing staffPatient’s relative was aggressive toward nursing staff
Patient attacked another patientPatient was aggressive toward other patient
Patient was angry and verbally aggressive toward other patient
Patient was self-harmingPatient was dangerous toward themselvesHarming themselves
Patients was suicidal
Patient took an overdose of medicine
Patient moved so restlessly that they nearly fell
Patient tried to run away from the ward
Patient had illegal substancesDrugs or needles were found on the wardSafety issues on the wards
Patient had needles and syringes for drug use
Patient had used illegal substances in the ward
Hospital’s alarm system was not workingChallenges in hospital’s basic activities
The psychiatrist on-call could not be reached
Too many patients in the ward
The instructed amount of (male) nurses is not met
Injuries when training physical restraint techniques