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Wrong patient, wrong site, wrong procedure eventsĦ. 2012 - 115 events reported to The Joint CommissionĤ.Unintended retention of a foreign object events The following list shows trends in the rates of the top 10 sentinel events reviewed by The Joint Commission from 2012 through the second quarter of 2014.ġ. In 2013 there 887, and so far in 2014 there have been 394 sentinel events. In 2012, there were 901 total sentinel events reviewed by The Joint Commission. Hospitals are the most common setting in which sentinel events occur, according to The Joint Commission. Examples of the most commonly occurring sentinel events include unintended retention of a foreign object, falls and performing procedures on the wrong patient. Sentinel events are unexpected events that result in a patient's death or a serious physical or psychological injury. The 5 fastest growing jobs within nursingĪlthough sentinel events still occur, the incidence of sentinel events has declined in most measures between 20, according to a recent report by The Joint Commission.A blind spot in healthcare quality work.Teen dies after attempting 'Benadryl Challenge'.Clinicians claim HCA hospitals push patients into end-of-life care to boost metrics.'TikTok gum challenge' spurs hospitalizations.Nurse, 7 officers charged in death of man who refused blood draw.Mississippi hospital patient shot, suspect dies by suicide: Police.New omicron subvariant is 'one to watch': WHO.Chicago hospital cited for patient death amid ED staff shortage.What nurses of color want white nurses to know.Nurse in critical condition after being assaulted by patient.Joint Commission cuts 200 more standards.10 states where COVID-19 admissions are rising fastest.Patient dies by suicide in New Jersey hospital.Coronavirus variant XBB.1.16 spotted in 18 US states.'Crisis' looms as 800,000 more nurses plan to exit workforce by 2027: study.Patient shoots self in Florida hospital.'The opportunities are limitless': How OR 'black boxes' are changing the way hospitals operate.New York hospital reinstates masks 1 month after ending mandate.Nurses stream back to hospitals amid temp job slump.Officers shoot, kill armed man at Michigan hospital.50% of new nurses plan on transitioning out of field to pursue side hustle: Survey.Man dies after falling from California hospital window: Police.Kaiser workers ask California hospital to halt surgeries over equipment contamination concerns.U of Kansas Health investigated by CMS after 2 incidents of immediate jeopardy.The state that's rebounding from the nurse shortage.Hospitals enter uncharted territory on masking.New York hospital reinstates mask mandate amid COVID-19 uptick.Patient killed in golf cart accident at Atrium hospital.When hospitalizations for 'tripledemic' viruses may peak.13 hospitals, health systems bringing back mask policies.Nurse kidnapped outside of Detroit hospital found dead.CDC's new flu shot guidelines: 1 key change to know.Who gets to go by 'Dr.'? 3 medical associations answer.All nurses laid off at more than 100 Optum-owned clinics.$30K reward offered for DC hospital escapee.Where COVID admissions are highest, rising fastest.Early signs indicate COVID-19 is plateauing.'I don't know if I could work anywhere else': Why nurses flock to California.2 scenarios for virus season admissions: CDC.How family members are filling nursing gaps.Infant's body found in New Mexico hospital bathroom.

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