| Subject: | Joint Commission Releases Update of Sentinel Event Statistics |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Fri, 7 Aug 2009 - 02:00 pm |
| The Joint Commission recently released an update of sentinel event statistics. The 10 most frequently reported sentinel events for the second quarter of 2009 are as follows:Wrong-site surgery - 53Suicide - 37Operative/postoperative complication - 36Medication Error - 17Delay in Treatment - 35Patient Falls - 29Unintended retention of foreign body - 33Assault, rape or homicide -17 Perinatal death or loss of function - 16Patient death or injury in restraints - 4In today's notice,... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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