The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board has recently approved for endorsement a list of 29 serious reportable events in healthcare as outlined in the forthcoming report Serious Reportable Events in Healthcare–2011 Update: A Consensus Report. Of the events submitted, 25 were updated from their earlier endorsement in 2006, and 4 new events were added to the list:
Death or serious injury of a neonate associated with labor or delivery in a low-risk pregnancy
Patient death or serious injury resulting from the irretrievable loss of an irreplaceable biological specimen
Patient death or serious injury resulting from failure to follow up or communicate laboratory, pathology, or radiology test results
Death or serious injury of a patient or staff associated with the introduction of a metallic object into the MRI area.
The full list of events will be available for a 30-day public appeals process closing July 12, 2011. For more information, click here.
