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never events: a standalone construct

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Patient safety

serious, largely preventable adverse events, such as wrong-site surgery or retained instruments, that should not occur in health care.

In patient safety, never events refers to serious, largely preventable adverse events, such as wrong-site surgery or retained instruments, that should not occur in health care. This meaning comes from Austin (2015) in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.[1]

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References

Austin, J. M., & Pronovost, P. J. (2015). “Never Events” and the Quest to Reduce Preventable Harm. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 41(6), 279-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1553-7250(15)41038-4

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