News

Adverse patient safety events are rarely isolated to one health service and much can be learned by sharing review findings. 

Children and adolescents with a post-COVID-19 systemic hyperinflammatory syndrome have been reported in Victoria and NSW in association with the current Delta variant.

A new Sentinel Events Portal will make it much easier for Vict

This medication safety alert has been issued to provide information on potential safety issues.

Health services and clinicians should undertake a risk assessment to determine the impact and relevance of this information and the response required.

The sentinel event portal is now live. Drop-in information sessions about our new portal are now open.

Background

As there is no public announcement system at Benalla Health, the current alert system involves activation of an ‘emergency’ call buzzer for all levels of deterioration. Therefore, the current alert system cannot differentiate between a code blue and a rapid response call.

Maternity care, in-hospital falls and medication errors were the most commonly reported serious events that harmed patients in 2019/20, the latest Victorian sentinel events report shows.