Sentences with phrase «avoidable harm»
"Avoidable harm" refers to harm or negative consequences that could have been prevented or avoided if certain actions or measures were taken. It means that the harm or damage was not inevitable, but could have been mitigated or eliminated by taking necessary precautions or making different choices. Full definition
Hodge Jones Allen welcome transparency in the NHS and hope that hospitals can adopt a no blame culture where reporting of Never Events is actively encouraged in order to use these incidents to educate staff and reduce avoidable harm.
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«The situation in Puerto Rico is dire, and requires immediate action by the federal government to prevent avoidable harm to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, our financial markets and to the New York City Employees Retirement System,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «NYCERS's direct positions within the hedge fund and opportunistic fixed income portfolios do not exist in a vacuum.
We are concerned that these practices do not appropriately protect employment applicants from avoidable harm.
The ambition is part of a wider government aim to reduce all avoidable harm by 50 % and save 6,000 lives by 2017, and it will form a key part of the work of the patient safety campaign Sign up to Safety.
We can not let another day go by where our youngest New Yorkers are vulnerable to this avoidable harm.»
The Plaintiffs argued that the Dutch government owes its citizens a duty of care to protect them from severe but avoidable harm.