The Joint Commission: The 6 Most Prevalent Sentinel Event Types in 2023

  1. Falls: 48%
  2. Wrong surgery: 8%
  3. Unintended retention of foreign object: 8%
  4. Assault/rape/sexual assault/homicide: 8%
  5. Delay in treatment: 6%
  6. Suicide: 5%
Notes: The above event types comprised 83% of all 1,411 reported sentinel events in 2023.

Source: The Joint Commission news release, May 15, 2024 - https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/news-and-multimedia/newsletters/newsl…