1. Surgery performed on the wrong body part. |
2. Surgery performed on the wrong patient. |
3. Wrong surgical procedure performed on a patient. |
4. Unintended retention of a foreign object in a patient after surgery or other procedure. |
5. Intraoperative or immediate postoperative death in an ASA class I patient. |
6. Patient death or serious disability associated with the use of contaminated drugs, devices, or biologics provided by the healthcare facility. |
7. Patient death or serious disability associated with the use or function of a device in patient care in which the device is used or functions other than as intended. |
8. Patient death or serious disability associated with an intravascular air embolism that occurs while being cared for in a healthcare facility. |
9. Infant discharged to the wrong person. |
10. Patient death or serious disability associated with patient elopement (disappearance). |
11. Patient suicide, or attempted suicide, resulting in serious disability while being cared for in a healthcare facility. |
12. Patient death or serious disability associated with a medication error. |
13. Patient death or serious disability associated with a haemolytic reaction due to the administration of ABO/HLA-incompatible blood or blood products. |
14. Maternal death or serious disability associated with labour or delivery in a low-risk pregnancy while being cared for in a healthcare facility. |
15. Patient death or serious disability associated with hypoglycaemia, the onset of which occurs while the patient is being cared for in a health care facility. |
16. Death or serious disability (kernicterus) associated with failure to identify and treat hyperbilirubinemia in neonates. |
17. Stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers acquired after admission to a healthcare facility. |
18. Patient death or serious disability due to spinal manipulative therapy. |
19. Artificial insemination with wrong donor sperm or wrong egg. |
20. Patient death or serious disability associated with an electric shock while being cared for in a healthcare facility. |
21. Any incident in which a line designated for oxygen or other gas to be delivered to a patient contains the wrong gas or is contaminated with toxic substances. |
22. Patient death or serious disability associated with a burn incurred from any source while being cared for in a healthcare facility. |
23. Patient death or serious disability associated with a fall while being cared for in a healthcare facility. |
24. Patient death or serious disability associated with the use of restraints or bedrails while being cared for in a healthcare facility. |
25. Any instance of care ordered by or provided by someone impersonating a physician, nurse, pharmacist, or other licensed healthcare provider. |
26. Abduction of a patient of any age. |
27. Sexual assault on a patient within or on the grounds of a healthcare facility. |
28. Death or significant injury of a patient or staff member resulting from a physical assault (i.e. battery) that occurs within or on the grounds of a healthcare facility. |