Errors in medication management are in 2020's top 10 list of most common sentinel/never events
Nursing, physician, pharmacy medication errors can cause patient harm
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Patient safety
Medical device clinical alarm problems are among the top hospital sentinel events of 2020
Clinical alarms are only helpful when hospital staff members pay attention to them
Delay in treatment is one of the top healthcare sentinel events of 2020
Delays in testing can lead to diagnostic and treatment errors
Retained foreign bodies/surgical items are among top serious 2020 medical errors
Sponges, needles, and gauze are the most common surgical items negligently left behind in patients' bodies
Wrong site, wrong person surgeries among top serious 2020 medical errors
One hospital recently admitted to surgically removing the wrong man's prostate gland
Opioids, muscle relaxants increase fall risk
Some fall risk tools don't account for these factors, and can lead to nursing medical malpractice
The unsupervised certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) model threatens patient safety
Wisconsin hospital fired all anesthesiologist physicians and replaced them with less trained, cheaper CRNAs
A "Dr." by any other name: New state law bans health care providers from using deceptive and misleading advertising
New Indiana law bans health care providers from using deceptive or misleading advertising that misrepresents their education, background, and skills
What you should know about pharmacy and medication errors
Drug errors account for up to 9,000 deaths annually in the United States
When a known complication happens, it doesn't mean there wasn't also medical negligence
Surgeons, physicians, and nurses must take precautions to guard against known complications and risks