Never events: the mistakes no-one wants to make: A never event can cause serious harm or even patient death. While many are surgical errors, some common nursing tasks, such as insulin, blood transfusion or medication administration errors, have the potential for serious consequences – at great cost to patients and the NHS

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• Source:Nursing Standard. 2025/12, Vol. 40, Issue 12, p16
• Document Type:Article
• Subject Area:Nursing and Allied Health
• Publication Date:2025
• ISSN:0029-6570
• DOI:10.7748/ns.40.12.16.s9
• Accession Number:189733149
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