Which of the following effects would require reporting as a sentinel event to Joint Commission?
Choose all that apply.
A patient who contracted a communicable disease while in the hospital
Rape that occurred in the hospital
Surgery occurring on the wrong body part
surgery resulting in a post-operative infection
Natural death of an 87-year-old patient
Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Unanticipated death of a full-term infant
Blood incompatibilities reaction during a hemolytic transfusion
patient fall with no injury
child abduction occurring in the hospital
Answer :
Rape that occurred in the hospital
Surgery occurring on the wrong body part
Surgery resulting in a post-operative infection
Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Unanticipated death of a full-term infant
Blood incompatibilities reaction during a hemolytic transfusion
Explanation : The sentinal events that causes death, permanent loss, underlying health conditions that did not occurred naturally within the patient, rape, infant discharged to wrong family, surgery in wrong body part or wrong procedure etc must be reported to the joint commission.
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