Adverse Events at Minnesota Hospitals Fell Slightly in 2009

The number of adverse events putting hospital patients at risk of serious injury or death fell slightly in Minnesota last year, according to a report by the state’s Department of Health.

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The study, surveying hospital reports from Oct. 7, 2008 to Oct. 6, 2009, identified 301 adverse events compared with 312 the year before, a decrease of 3.5 percent.

Four patients died from these events, a lower number than in any previous year.

Read the Minnesota Department of Health’s report on adverse events (pdf).

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