![]() ![]() Finally, rounding out the top six, at no.5 and no.6, were delay in treatment events and operative/post-operative complications. Comparatively, falls were no.2 (91) and suicide was no.3 (82) in 2014. Fall-related events and suicide were no.3 and no.4, as both reviewed 95 times in 2015. The no.2 most reviewed sentinel event was wrong-patient, wrong‐site, wrong‐procedure surgery (111), an increase from 67 in 2014 were it was the no.6 most reviewed sentinel event. Unintended Retention of a Foreign Body remained the no.1 most reviewed sentinel event in 2015 (116, compared to 112 in 2014). The Joint Commission has updated its Sentinel Event statistics through 2015, and published four related presentations. If an organization wishes to self-report an event that is subject to review by JCI Accreditation, the organization can submit the report to JCI at. Reporting conveys the health care organization’s message to the public that it is doing everything possible, proactively, to prevent similar patient safety events in the future.Reporting raises the level of transparency in the organization and promotes a culture of safety.The opportunity to collaborate with a patient safety expert at JCI.JCI can provide support and expertise during the review of a sentinel event.Organizations benefit from self-reporting in the following ways: rape, workplace violence such as assault (leading to death or permanent loss of function) or homicide (willful killing) of a patient, staff member, practitioner, medical student, trainee, visitor, or vendor while on hospital property.Įach accredited organization is strongly encouraged, but not required, to report sentinel events to The Joint Commission.infant abduction or an infant sent home with the wrong parents.Transplanting contaminated organs or tissues transmission of a chronic or fatal disease or illness because of infusing blood or blood products or. ![]()
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