One in 18 patients admitted to a Canadian hospital will develop an antibiotic-resistant infection, experience a fracture from a fall or suffer an accidental laceration during a medical procedure, or another form of unintended harm, according to a major new report on the state of hospital safety.

It is the first report of its kind to provide a comprehensive national snapshot of the rate of unintended adverse events in Canadian hospitals and the authors hope that it will send a strong message about the need to make preventable harm a health-care priority.

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