Marsha is a nurse at a hospital. She draws blood from a patient and then mislabels the tube by using information from another patient. This causes inaccurate reporting of lab results. Marsha recognizes her mistake and tells her supervisor, and then she relabels the blood- Yes an incident report needs to be filed because a mistake was made
Step-by-step explanation:
An incident report is a type of electronic or paper document that provides a detailed, written account of the unforeseen circumstances in a healthcare setting.
- It is to be noted that the event /incident may or may not have caused harm to a patient, employee, or visitor, but it’s classified as an “incident” because it threatens patient safety.
The New York State Department of Health has identified some of the most common types:
1) Unexpected events related to prescribed medications and/or treatments
For Example: adverse reactions, equipment failure or misuse, medication errors
2) Bodily injury :
For Example: assaults, burns, falls, needle sticks
3)Patient-related occurrences :Examples: complaints, elopement (i.e., the patient leaves without authorization), treatment refusal
4) Near misses :
For Example: potential for an error existed but was corrected before it occurred