Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Joint Commission Updates Sentinel Event Statistics

The Joint Commission reported today that it has updated its sentinel event statistics through December 31, 2009.

The updated statistics can be found here:
http://www.jointcommission.org/NR/rdonlyres/377FF7E7-F565-4D61-9FD2-593CA688135B/0/SE_Stats_31_Dec_2009.pdf

The sentinel events data webpage is here: http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/Statistics/

Wrong site surgery is still the leading sentinel event.

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