Study: Patient Safety Incidents at U.S. Hospitals Show No Decline, Cost $9 Billion - financial news

The following are the 15 patient safety indicators studied:

Complications of anesthesia
Death in low mortality Diagnostic Related Groupings (DRGs)
Decubitus ulcer (bed sores)
Death among surgical inpatients with serious treatable
complications
Iatrogenic pneumothorax
Selected infections due to medical care
Post-operative hip fracture
Post-operative hemorrhage or hematoma
Post-operative physiologic and metabolic derangements
Post-operative respiratory failure
Post-operative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis
Post-operative sepsis
Post-operative abdominal wound dehiscence
Accidental puncture or laceration
Transfusion reaction