never event (English, noun)
expansion: never event (plural never events)
Senses:
glosses: A bad event that should never occur.
glosses: A bad event that should never occur.
A serious adverse medical event that should never occur and thus is, by strict definitions of preventability, always preventable, being unambiguous, clearly identifiable and measurable, and resulting in death or significant disability.
glosses: A bad event that should never occur.
A serious adverse medical event that should never occur and thus is, by strict definitions of preventability, always preventable, being unambiguous, clearly identifiable and measurable, and resulting in death or significant disability.
A particularly shocking preventable medical error that should never occur.
Forms:
form: never events
tags: plural