COMMENTARY

Your Malpractice Risk When Your Hospitalized Patient Has a "Never Event"

Brian W. Whitelaw, Esq.

Disclosures

February 09, 2010

Other "Never Events"

In addition to inpatient falls, CMS has identified the following "never events":

Retained foreign object after surgery
Air embolism
Blood incompatibility
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Deep-vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism related to hip and knee replacements
Surgical site infections
Stage III and IV pressure ulcers
Injuries related to traumatic events, such as electric shock and burns
Manifestations of poor glycemic control, including hypoglycemic coma
Surgical errors, including wrong procedure, wrong body part, or wrong patient

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