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Indiana Medical Error Reporting System.

September 10, 2008

Indianapolis, IN: Indiana State Department of Health.

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This website shares requirement for reporting never events to the Indiana Medical Error Reporting System. The most common problems in the 279 incidents reported in 2018 -- when the last report was published -- were advanced pressure ulcers, retained foreign objects, and f alls. Reports of data from 2006 - 2017 are also available.

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