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Long-Term Care Nursing Advisor, February 22, 2008
All incidents should be reviewed, investigated, and analyzed in a timely manner. Astute managers will use the data on incident reports to track, trend, and profile incidents on the unit. At a minimum, review and look at incident reports cumulatively to see whether you can identify preventable patterns in the:
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Time of day
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Day of week
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Nature of incident
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Type of incident
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Environmental factors
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Notifications
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Follow-up
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