The impact of the implementation of clinical risk management tools in Pediatric or Neonatal Intensive Care Units: a systematic review

Maria Lucia Specchia1,2, Alessio Perilli2, Andrea di Pilla2,*, Elettra Carini2, Nila Tofani1, Walter Ricciardi2, Gianfranco Damiani1,2

1 Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
2 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
* Correspondence: andreadipilla.adp@hotmail.com

Abstract: Clinical risk management is a e area in terms of healthcare quality, especially ithin intensive-care settings and in the case of pediatric patients. The ob􏰈ective of this revie􏰇 is to assess the impact of tools for clinical ris􏰆 management in pediatric intensive-care settings. Pubmed and 􏰉eb of Science ere queried to carr􏰃 out a s􏰃stematic revie􏰇, using the PICO methodolog􏰃 (􏰊une 2019). Primar􏰃 studies of applicative experiences of clinical ris􏰆 management that had impacts in pediatric intensive care units 􏰇ere included. A total of 118 articles 􏰇ere revie􏰇ed and 20 where included. Reactive ris􏰆 management tools 􏰇ere used in 10 studies􏰌 proactive tools in 􏰋􏰌 both reactive and proactive tools in 3.