Sentinel Event

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Sentinel Event

A term for a ‘headliner’ event that may cause an unexpected or unanticipated outcome, death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof
Examples Suicide while a patient is under 24/7 surveillance; unexpected death of a full-term infant, infant abduction or discharge to the wrong family, rape, haemolytic transfusion reaction due to mismatched blood, surgery on the wrong patient or wrong body part

sentinel event

Health policy A term used by the JCAHO for a 'headliner' event that may cause an unexpected or unanticipated outcome or death, and trigger an investigation of a hospital's policies

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