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Joint Commission issues alert on fatigue

 Joint Commission issues alert on fatigue

On December 14, 2011, The Joint Commission released a Sentinel Event Alert warning hospitals of the link between healthcare worker fatigue and adverse events. "We understand that fatigue has been a contributing factor in many adverse events that we analyze-The Joint Commission reviews some 900 sentinel events every year; fatigue has played a role in many of these," says Ana McKee, the commission's executive vice president and chief medical officer who helped prepare the alert.

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