Analysis
‘Never events’: the mistakes no one wants to make
Never events are defined as wholly preventable and any such safety critical incidents are expected to be investigated thoroughly and action taken by the organisation where the incident took place. Although many are surgical errors, such as accidental organ removal and wrong site surgery, some common nursing tasks, such as insulin or blood transfusion errors and medication administration errors, have the potential for causing never events. There have been 2,868 never events in England’s NHS in the past 7 years.
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