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    • Healthcare Quality Management
    • Patient Safety Research

    Background:

    • Never events are significant patient safety incidents.
    • These events, such as wrong-site surgery, are largely preventable.
    • The concept is utilized in healthcare quality management.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the role and implications of never events in healthcare quality.
    • To discuss the limitations in preventing all never events.
    • To examine the relationship between never events and institutional negligence.

    Main Methods:

    • Conceptual analysis of the 'never events' framework.
    • Review of literature on patient safety incidents.
    • Discussion of quality management strategies in healthcare.

    Main Results:

    • Never events serve as a tool for identifying and rectifying institutional failures.
    • Complete prevention of all never events is not feasible.
    • The occurrence of a never event does not automatically imply negligence.

    Conclusions:

    • Never events are valuable indicators for improving healthcare quality.
    • A nuanced approach is needed, acknowledging that not all incidents are preventable or indicative of negligence.
    • Focusing on systemic improvements is crucial for patient safety.