The National Quality Forum has finalized its list of 29 serious reportable events, which were created to facilitate and encourage uniform and comparable public reporting and learning from adverse events.
The 29 endorsed events are as follows:
1. Surgical or Invasive Procedure Events
1A. Surgery or other invasive procedure performed on the wrong site
1B. Surgery or other invasive procedure performed on the wrong patient
1C. Wrong surgical or other invasive procedure performed on a patient
1D. Unintended retention of a foreign object in a patient after surgery or other invasive procedure
1E. Intraoperative or immediately postoperative/post-procedure death in an ASA Class 1 patient
Read the full report in Becker's ASC Review on National Quality Forum's endorsed serious reportable events.
The 29 endorsed events are as follows:
1. Surgical or Invasive Procedure Events
1A. Surgery or other invasive procedure performed on the wrong site
1B. Surgery or other invasive procedure performed on the wrong patient
1C. Wrong surgical or other invasive procedure performed on a patient
1D. Unintended retention of a foreign object in a patient after surgery or other invasive procedure
1E. Intraoperative or immediately postoperative/post-procedure death in an ASA Class 1 patient
Read the full report in Becker's ASC Review on National Quality Forum's endorsed serious reportable events.