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The Joint Commission releases sentinel event statistics for first six Months of 2019

By Yvonne Puig (US) & Jeff Wurzburg (US)
August 15, 2019
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On August 14, 2019 The Joint Commission (TJC) released sentinel event statistics for the first half of 2019, which included 426 events.  83% of the events were voluntarily self-reported by an accredited or certified organization.  The five most frequently reported sentinel events were:

  • Unintended retention of a foreign body part – 60
  • Wrong-site surgery – 29
  • Fall – 25
  • Suicide (inpatient) – 21
  • Suicide (offsite) – 21

TJC noted that less than 2% of all sentinel events are reported and that since 2005 58.4 percent have been self-reported.  TJC also provided several new categories of sentinel events:

  • Anesthesia-related events
  • Care management events
  • Criminal events
  • Environmental events
  • Product or device events
  • Protection events
  • Suicide – emergency department
  • Suicide – inpatient
  • Suicide – offsite within 72 hours
  • Surgical or invasive procedure events

Additional information may be found here.  Norton Rose Fulbright professionals are available to provide additional information regarding compliance with The Joint Commission accreditation requirements.

Photo of Yvonne Puig (US) Yvonne Puig (US)

US Head of Life Sciences and Healthcare Yvonne Puig has a substantial commercial litigation practice in both state and federal courts. She represents hospitals, HMOs, managed care organizations, medical schools and other institutional health care providers and educational services companies. A partner in…

US Head of Life Sciences and Healthcare Yvonne Puig has a substantial commercial litigation practice in both state and federal courts. She represents hospitals, HMOs, managed care organizations, medical schools and other institutional health care providers and educational services companies. A partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Austin office, Yvonne’s practice involves commercial and health care litigation, antitrust, regulatory and compliance advice, crisis management, staff privileges, exclusive contracting and administrative law.

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