"never event" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: never events [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} never event (plural never events)
  1. A particularly shocking preventable medical error that should never occur.
    Sense id: en-never_event-en-noun-eHjmR7Rw
  2. A particularly shocking preventable medical error that should never occur.
    A serious adverse medical event that is unambiguous, clearly identifiable and measurable, resulting in death or significant disability and usually preventable.     Categories (topical): Healthcare
    Sense id: en-never_event-en-noun-13-wC8uF Disambiguation of Healthcare: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83

Inflected forms

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