| Subject: | JCAHO Revises List of Reviewable Sentinel Events in June Perspectives |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Wed, 1 Jun 2005 - 10:00 am |
| The StayAlert Administrator recently reported the revision of the definition of a reviewable sentinel event by the Joint Commission in the May 2, 2005 CAMH update.
In the June 2005 edition of Perspectives Joint Commission has approved an additional reviewable sentinel event - unintentional retention of a foreign object in a postoperative or postprocedure patient that is effective immediately.
Any occurrences that meet any of the following criteria are subject to review by JCAHO:
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