Here Are Some Scary Things That Can Happen To You In A Hospital

Ken Kizer, former CEO of the National Quality Forum, coined the term “never event” in 2001 to refer to particularly shocking medical errors that should never occur. The list contains 29 events grouped into different categories: surgical, product or device, patient protection, care management, environmental, radiologic, and criminal. You know those stories about the surgeon operating on the wrong leg or even the wrong patient? That’s a never event.