Abstract
Objective: To analyze the adverse events reported in the Patient Safety Unit of a public hospital in a capital of Midwestern Brazil . Methods: Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study that analyzed the notifications sent to the Health Surveillance Notification System, in the years 2017 and 2018. The prevalence of the adverse events , frequency, means and Pearson coefficient for the other variables studied have been calculated. Results: There was a prevalence of adverse events in males, in patients hospitalized in the medical clinic, aged between 66 and 75 years and with an average of 10 to 12 days of hospitalization. The most frequent adverse event was Pressure Injury; as for the type of damage, moderate prevailed. The nurse was the professional who most notified the events. Conclusion: For the best control of adverse events, it is essential to know their profile and that of the affected patients, so as to offer subsidies for the management of the quality of care and safer assistance.