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When available, the following information was captured from each report: type of WPV incident and harm, reported perpetrators and those exposed to WPV, precipitating factors to the WPV incident, reporter\u2019s job function, whether security officers or law enforcement were contacted, and facility type.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n A total of 15\u202f426 PSEs were recorded. Of those, 975 reports (6.3%) were selected; for 300 (30.8%) of these reports, the free-text description of incidents was reviewed by 2 independent investigators, interrater reliability (IRR) was calculated, and the WPV classification was developed. Two investigators then independently classified the remaining 675 reports. A median IRR of 84% (IQR, 68%-99%) was achieved. Eight hundred thirty-one reports (85.2%) were related to WPV and 144 (14.8%) did not contain WPV narratives. The 831 WPV reports were further analyzed, and additional information about the WPV incidents were identified: patient- or visitor-on-staff violence (673 [76.7%]), verbal harm (331 [39.8%]), patients as perpetrators (581 [69.9%]), nurses exposed to WPV (277 [33.3%]), agitation (193 [23.2%]) and aggression (179 [21.5%]) as the leading precipitating factors, nurses reporting incidents (533 [64.1%]), contact of security officers (391 [47.1%]) and law enforcement (70 [8.4%]), and incidents occurring in hospitals (767 [92.3%]).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this cross-sectional study of 15\u202f426 PSE reports, 831 WPV incidents were identified, most involving patient- or visitor-on-staff verbal harm, with nurses frequently exposed. Agitation and aggression were the leading precipitating factors. 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