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Overview :
The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO) has issued criteria for reporting an occurrence as a
sentinel event. Failure to comply with the reporting requirement will place the
facility on accreditation-watch status.
If a recipient of care is affected by one or more of the
items listed below, then the incident must be reported to the JCAHO:
(1) an
event resulting in an unanticipated death or major permanent loss of function,
not related to the natural course of the patient's illness or underlying
condition
(2) suicide
during continuous care
(3) infant
abduction or discharge to the wrong family
(4)
rape
(5)
hemolytic transfusion reaction involving the administration of blood or blood
products having major blood group incompatibilities
(6) surgery
on the wrong patient or body part.
The JCAHO Sentinel Event Hotline can be reached at
630-792-3700 (08:30 to 17:00 CST, Monday through Friday).
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