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Incident investigation

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:

 

  • Time of day
  • Day of week
  • Nature of incident
  • Type of incident
  • Environmental factors
  • Notifications
  • Follow-up

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