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Sentinel Event Alert.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission.
This newsletter provides guidance to health care organizations for responding to commonly reported incidents. The Joint Commission issues these sentinel event alerts to review selected incidents, determine the root causes involved, and provide a summary of recommendations for future prevention.
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