Analysis of Italian requests for compensation in cases of responsibility for healthcare-related infections: A retrospective study

The aim of this study was to examine the type of compensation claims for alleged medical malpractice in the field of healthcare-related infections in Italy. It was analyzed which was the most frequent clinical context, the characteristics of the disputes established, which were the alleged damages m...

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Published inFrontiers in public health Vol. 10; p. 1078719
Main Authors Marrone, Maricla, Caricato, Pierluigi, Mele, Federica, Leonardelli, Mirko, Duma, Stefano, Gorini, Ettore, Stellacci, Alessandra, Bavaro, Davide Fiore, Diella, Lucia, Saracino, Annalisa, Dell'Erba, Alessandro, Tafuri, Silvio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 05.01.2023
Subjects
Delivery of Health Care
health malpractice
health responsibility
healthcare-related infections
Humans
Italy
Malpractice
Public Health
Retrospective Studies
risk management
Staphylococcal Infections
surgical site infection
Italy
risk management
health responsibility
healthcare-related infections
health malpractice
surgical site infection
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Summary:The aim of this study was to examine the type of compensation claims for alleged medical malpractice in the field of healthcare-related infections in Italy. It was analyzed which was the most frequent clinical context, the characteristics of the disputes established, which were the alleged damages most often complained of, which were the possibly censurable behaviors of the health professionals, and which were the reasons for acceptance or rejection of the request for compensation. In 90.2%, the issue questioned regarded surgical site infections. The most common pathogens involved were coagulase-negative Staphylococci (34.1%) and (24.4%). The lack or non-adherence to protocols of prophylaxis and/or prevention of healthcare-related infections was the most reported cause of acceptance of the request of compensation. According to our data, a stronger effort should be made in terms of risk management perspective in order to ensure the develop and application of protocols for prevention of Gram-positive healthcare-related infections and strengthen infection control and antimicrobial stewardship programs.
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Reviewed by: Boudewijn Catry, Centrum voor Onderzoek in Diergeneeskunde en Agrochemie, Belgium; Nicholas Adam Young, Private Health Management, United States; Giovanni Battista Orsi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
This article was submitted to Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health
Edited by: Ana Afonso, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1078719