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PIRS The on-line Perfusion Incident Reporting System for the Australia and New Zealand College of Perfusionists
PIRS is a voluntary system for reporting perfusion related incidents and accidents established by the Australia and New Zealand College of Perfusionists. Until 2011, PIRS was open only to members of the Australia and New Zealand College of Perfusionists, however it is now open to the international perfusion community. Confidentiality is assured by de-identification and anonymity of reports within 72 hours of submission. The 72 hour window is to allow questions to be asked of the reporter where detail of the event is unclear to the PIRS editor.
On submitting the report the detail is transmitted electronically in text to the PIRS editor. This text file is edited where clarification is required, de-identified and imported into an Access database. Reporter contact detail is not entered. The text file is then destroyed.
Where the report is judged to pose immediate risk to patients, either as a single report or cluster of like reports, then a PIRS Alert will be posted on the ANZCP website. PIRS alerts will remain live for 1 month after the last report received. Thereafter PIRS alerts will be posted on the Past PIRS Alert page with provision for any follow-up reports addressing solutions to the event.
PIRS data will not be passed to any third party or regulatory body including the ANZCP or Registration authorities. Forwarding any information is the responsibility of the reporter.
De-identified PIRS reports details may only be published on the PIRS pages of the ANZCP website or in the ANZCP Gazette if permission to publish is given in the report form. Summary data excluding descriptive texts will be published to show overall generic incident / accident trends.
The objectives of PIRS are: To Increase confidential incident and accident reporting in Australia and New Zealand and the international perfusion community; To provide timely and appropriate feedback; To provide the means for Proactive as well as Reactive safety in the field of perfusion ; To create a high reliable safety culture in perfusion.
PIRS ALERTS Latest equipment alerts
PIRS REPORTS Compilation of submitted incidents
PIRS Graphs PIRS Preventative Actions
Contact PIRS Editor Submission or feedback on PIRS
