Patient Safety Publications
MDH publications and reports on patient safety and adverse events.
Annual Reports
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota Report, January 2012 (PDF: 2.5MB/102 pages)
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota Report, January 2011 (PDF: 3.37MB/98 pages)
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota Report, January 2010 (PDF: 1.75MB/102 pages)
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota Report, January 2009 (PDF: 4.65MB/96 pages)
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota Report, January 2008 (PDF: 735KB/70 pages)
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota Report, January 2007 (PDF: 975KB/80 pages)
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota Report, February 2006 (PDF: 235.7KB/80 pages)
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota Report, January 2005 (PDF: 265KB/52 pages)
Special Reports
Consumer Guide to Adverse Health Events (PDF: 181KB/12 pages)
Adverse Event Reporting: 5 years later, where are we? (PDF: 1.46/32 pages)
Trends & Data
Spotlight on Patient Safety: Retained Foreign Objects, April 2009 (PDF: 215KB/8 pages)
Spotlight on Patient Safety: September 2008 (PDF: 215KB/6 pages)
Fact Sheets
Adverse Health Events Factsheet: Staffing and Patient Safety
Adverse Health Events Factsheet: Pressure Ulcers
Adverse Health Events Factsheet: Retained Objects
Adverse Health Events Factsheet: Wrong-Site Surgery
Fact sheet: Adverse Health Events Reporting in Minnesota: First Annual Public Report
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