Sentinel Event Alert moratorium announced
Published for Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations-accredited organizations and interested health care professionals, Sentinel Event Alert identifies specific sentinel events, describes their common underlying causes, and suggests steps to prevent occurrences in the future.
At this time, the Joint Commission has placed a moratorium on using the organization’s response to Sentinel Event Alert recommendations as the basis for scoring standards.
During the on-site survey of accredited organizations, Joint Commission surveyors assess, for consultative purposes, the organization’s familiarity with and use of Sentinel Event Alert information. Accredited organizations are expected to:
- Review and consider relevant information, if appropriate to the organization’s services, from each Sentinel Event Alert.
- Consider information in an alert when designing or redesigning relevant processes.
- Evaluate systems in light of information in an alert.
- Consider standard-specific concerns.
- Implement relevant suggestions or reasonable alternatives or provide a reasonable explanation for not implementing relevant changes.
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