NEVER EVENTS

Course overview

In this activity, we will describe the prevalence of Never Events in healthcare and the subsequent impact on our medical community and society in general. Learners will be provided with strategies and methods that can be employed as targeted solutions to reduce the occurrence of Never Events. After completing this activity, practitioners should be able to: use patient safety techniques and recommendations to avoid preventable adverse patient events; assess a patient for the risk of a potential hospital fall and employ targeted solutions to create a safer patient environment to reduce the risk of a fall; and summarize strategies that can be employed to decrease healthcare-acquired infections.