Kuitunen, Sini
Saksa, Mari
Tuomisto, Justiina
Holmström, Anna-Riia
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Helsinki
Article History
Received: 5 June 2023
Accepted: 27 September 2023
First Online: 31 October 2023
Declarations
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: This work was evaluated by the Helsinki University Hospital and was determined to not be human subject research. The Helsinki University Hospital approved access to the data and confirmed that no formal ethical approval or informed consent was needed. According to Finnish National Board on Research Integrity, ethical approval is not needed for retrospective register-based study unless there is a special risk for information security in merging data or it is a medical study [33]. This study was not a medical study that intervened to patient’s physical or mental integrity according to definition of Finnish Act on Medical Study (1999/488). The materials of the present study were received in fully anonymous format, and therefore researchers were not able to access the identification information of anyone included in the incident report data (including patients, healthcare professionals, or other individuals). Consequently, it was not possible to acquire an informed consent from any individual involved in the reported medication errors. This study was evaluated and carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the ethical principles of research with human participants and ethical review in the human sciences in Finland.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.