Incident Reporting in Healthcare

Incident Reporting in Healthcare

When should an incident report be created?  An incident is any event that affects the safety of patients, employees, visitors, or vendors. These incidents can fall into three general categories, or levels of harm: harmful, no-harm, and near-miss. In most healthcare facilities, injuries, illnesses, patient complaints, medication errors, equipment failure, adverse reactions to drugs or treatments, or errors in patient care will fall into one of the three levels and must be reported.  Conducting thorough and accurate Incident reporting is important for understanding the root cause of an accident and for working to prevent or reduce the chance of it happening again.

This incident reporting training course provides employees with the information they need to understand which incidents to report and why reporting incidents is important. It also presents the information required to be included in an incident report and includes the “do’s” and “don’ts” of completing an incident report.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Define what an incident is.
• Explain why incident reporting is important.
• Distinguish between “Harmful”, “No-Harm”, and “Near Miss” incidents.
• Determine what information to include on an incident report.

Course Lessons

1. Introduction and Objectives
2. Defining an Incident
3. Incident Report Protocol

Volume Discounts & Course Delivery

Volume discounts apply for all Evolve e-Learning safety and compliance courses above 25 learners.  Online shoppers can select a healthcare compliance course bundle for even greater savings!

Larger organizations can contact us today to discuss your training needs and for a free course evaluation!  We can design the course bundle that meets your specific training requirements and budgetary needs.

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