Get Me Sentinel Event Notification And Near Miss Reporting Form 2023-2024

A Close Call or Near Miss is a patient safety event that had no impact on a patient but could have had an impact if it was not aborted, discovered or if intervention occurred prior to it reaching the patient.

To date, hospitals have been required to report an adverse event that is an ongoing urgent or emergent threat to the welfare, health, or safety of patients, personnel, or visitors within 24 hours.

Each accredited organization is strongly encouraged, but not required, to report sentinel events to The Joint Commission. Organizations benefit from self-reporting in the following ways: The Joint Commission can provide support and expertise during the review of a sentinel event.

The most common sentinel events are wrong-site surgery, foreign body retention, and falls. [2] They are followed by suicide, delay in treatment, and medication errors. The risk of suicide is the highest immediately following hospitalization, during the inpatient stay, or immediately post-discharge.

A Close Call or Near Miss is a patient safety event that had no impact on a patient but could have had an impact if it was not aborted, discovered or if intervention occurred prior to it reaching the patient.

To date, hospitals have been required to report an adverse event that is an ongoing urgent or emergent threat to the welfare, health, or safety of patients, personnel, or visitors within 24 hours.

Each accredited organization is strongly encouraged, but not required, to report sentinel events to The Joint Commission. Organizations benefit from self-reporting in the following ways: The Joint Commission can provide support and expertise during the review of a sentinel event.

The most common sentinel events are wrong-site surgery, foreign body retention, and falls. [2] They are followed by suicide, delay in treatment, and medication errors. The risk of suicide is the highest immediately following hospitalization, during the inpatient stay, or immediately post-discharge.

A Close Call or Near Miss is a patient safety event that had no impact on a patient but could have had an impact if it was not aborted, discovered or if intervention occurred prior to it reaching the patient.

To date, hospitals have been required to report an adverse event that is an ongoing urgent or emergent threat to the welfare, health, or safety of patients, personnel, or visitors within 24 hours.

Each accredited organization is strongly encouraged, but not required, to report sentinel events to The Joint Commission. Organizations benefit from self-reporting in the following ways: The Joint Commission can provide support and expertise during the review of a sentinel event.

The most common sentinel events are wrong-site surgery, foreign body retention, and falls. [2] They are followed by suicide, delay in treatment, and medication errors. The risk of suicide is the highest immediately following hospitalization, during the inpatient stay, or immediately post-discharge.

A Close Call or Near Miss is a patient safety event that had no impact on a patient but could have had an impact if it was not aborted, discovered or if intervention occurred prior to it reaching the patient.

To date, hospitals have been required to report an adverse event that is an ongoing urgent or emergent threat to the welfare, health, or safety of patients, personnel, or visitors within 24 hours.

Each accredited organization is strongly encouraged, but not required, to report sentinel events to The Joint Commission. Organizations benefit from self-reporting in the following ways: The Joint Commission can provide support and expertise during the review of a sentinel event.

The most common sentinel events are wrong-site surgery, foreign body retention, and falls. [2] They are followed by suicide, delay in treatment, and medication errors. The risk of suicide is the highest immediately following hospitalization, during the inpatient stay, or immediately post-discharge.