Sentinel Events Reported by Private Hospitals in 2023 (as at 31 January 2023)
Sentinel Events | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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1 | Surgery / interventional procedure involving the wrong patient or body part | - | |||||||||||
2 | Retained instruments or other material after surgery / interventional procedure | - | |||||||||||
3 | ABO incompatibility blood transfusion | - | |||||||||||
4 | Medication error resulting in major permanent loss of function or death | - | |||||||||||
5 | Intravascular gas embolism resulting in death or neurological damage | - | |||||||||||
6 | Death of an in-patient from suicide (including home leave) | - | |||||||||||
7 | Maternal death or serious morbidity associated with labour or delivery | - | |||||||||||
8 | Infant discharged to wrong family or infant abduction | - | |||||||||||
9 | Other adverse events resulting in permanent loss of function or death (excluding complications) | - |