Indiana Medical Error Reporting System: Final Report for 2014. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Indiana Medical Error Reporting System: Final Report for 2014. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published October 2015

Indiana Medical Error Reporting System: Final Report for 2014.

Whitson T, Garten B, Ordway GV. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana State Department of Health; 2015.

This annual report provides information on never events reported to the Indiana Medical Error Reporting System. The most common problems in the 114 incidents reported in 2014 were advanced pressure ulcers, retained foreign objects, and wrong-site surgery. Past reports are also available.

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