Answers questions concerning Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' (JCAHO) definition of a sentinel event. What criteria must an event meet to be considered a sentinel event; Number of sentinel events occurred in the United States health care organizations; Policy of the...
Definition of Sentinel EventsTJC considers sentinel events as patient safety events that result in patient harm. However, not all sentinel events occur because of a medical error and not all harm that results from medical errors are sentinel events. The Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) National...
Group a streptococcal (gas) cellulitis in a nursing home may be a sentinel event - American Journal of Infection Controldoi:10.1016/0196-6553(93)90257-5D. CannK. GreenA. McGeerS. ScriverS. BetschelC. GoldmanM. McArthurB. Schwartz
The perianesthesia nurse's role in the prevention of opioid-‐related sentinel events. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 28, 31-37.Pasero C. The perianesthesia nurse's role in the prevention of opioid-induced sentinel events. J ...