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An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury or risk thereof. Serious injury specifically includes loss of limb or function. The phrase “or the risk thereof” includes any process variation ...
Source of Definition
Means any peer review activity carried out before, on, or after November 14, 1986 by or for the Department of Defense to assess the quality of medical care, including activities conducted by individuals, military medical or dental treatment ...
An adverse event that results in harm to a patient and presents a possible financial loss to the Federal Government (a malpractice claim or death or disability payment). All PCEs shall be fully investigated by the risk manager and documented ...
Related Glossary Terms
A sentinel event (SE) is a patient safety event (not primarily related to the natural course of the patient’s illness or underlying condition) that reaches a patient and results in any of the following:
The proceedings, records, minutes, and reports that emanate from quality assurance program activities described in paragraph (1) and are produced or compiled by the Department of Defense as part of a medical quality assurance program.
A public site designed for dispensation of medications to the general population.
The separation of an individual or group infected and/or suspected to be infected with a communicable disease from those who are healthy in such a place and manner to prevent the spread of the communicable disease.
A facility established for the purpose of furnishing medical and/or dental care to eligible individuals.
An illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products that arises through transmission of that agent or its products from an infected and/or affected individual, animal, or a reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly or ...
The separation of an individual or group that has been exposed to a communicable disease, but is not yet ill, from others who have not been so exposed, in such manner and place to prevent the possible spread of the communicable disease.
An occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition that may be caused by a biological incident, manmade or naturally occurring; the appearance of a novel, previously controlled, or eradicated infectious agent or biological ...
Provision of prevention, outreach, screening, triage, psychological first aid, education, and referral services to individuals and groups who have had or may have had exposure to an all-hazards incident.
Receipt, Staging, and Storage Sites that accept Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) assets (i.e., Push-Packages). As such, they would ideally include significant warehouse space, as well as cargo management and logistics assets. They should not ...
Limiting people’s movement to prevent or limit the transmission of a communicable disease, including limiting ingress and egress to, from, or on a military installation, isolation, or quarantine.
The commander or officer in charge of a facility established for the purpose of furnishing medical and/or dental care to eligible individuals.
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