title: Sentinel events, root cause analysis, and proactive risk reduction.
authors.affiliation: Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Croteau
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D012308:Risk Management; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States