Wrong Site Surgery Statistics
The Joint Commission (TJC) defines a Sentinel Event as “a patient safety event (not primarily related to the natural course of the patient’s illness or underlying condition) that reaches a patient and results in any of the following: death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm and intervention required to sustain life.” TJC adopted a Sentinel Event Policy in 1996 in an effort to assist hospitals in voluntarily reporting, evaluating and reducing risk, and preventing patient harm. The term “never event” was first described in 2001 by Dr. Kenneth Kizer of The National Quality Forum (NQF) in reference to significant adverse medical errors that should never have taken place. The NQF currently uses this term when referring to serious reportable events deemed preventable. Whatever you choose to call these, they are simply events that really should not happen.
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