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Sentinel Event Data Summary.

April 4, 2024

Joint Commission.

This website provides sentinel event data reported to The Joint Commission, which includes information on sentinel events reported from January through December 2023. Falls, wrong surgery and unintended retained foreign bodies were among the most frequently submitted incidents in this time period. The data and graphs are updated regularly and include a 10 year trend analysis and specific analysis associated with event source by year from 2013 through 2023.

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