La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-8763

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-8763 - Incidents/Accidents

A. The ABI facility shall have written procedures for the reporting and documentation of unusual incidents and other situations or circumstances affecting the health, safety or well-being of a client or clients. (i.e., death of unnatural causes, injuries, fights or physical confrontations, situations requiring the use of passive physical restraints, suspected incidents of abuse or neglect).

1. Such procedures shall ensure timely verbal reporting to the director or designee and a preliminary written report within 24 hours of the incident.

2. Incidents or accidents shall be documented in the client record. An incident report shall be maintained by the facility.

B. Incident/Accident Report. When and if an incident occurs, a detailed report of the incident shall be made. At a minimum, the incident report shall contain the following:

1. circumstances under which the incident occurred; names of clients, staff and others involved;

2. date and time the incident occurred;

3. where the incident occurred (bathroom, bedroom, street, lawn, etc.);

4. immediate treatment and follow-up care;

5. name and address of witnesses and their statements;

6. date and time family or representative was notified;

7. symptoms of pain and injury discussed with the physician; and date and time physician was notified; and

8. signatures of the staff completing the report, client and director.

C. Critical Incidents. When an incident results in death of a client, involves abuse or neglect of a client, or entails any serious threat to the clients health, safety or well-being the facility shall:

1. immediately report verbally to the director and submit a preliminary written report within 24 hours of the incident;

2. immediately notify the department and local law enforcement agency according to state law, with written notification to the above agencies to follow within 24 hours of the suspected incident;

3. immediately notify the family or representative of the client;

4. provide follow-up written reports of the completed investigation to all the above persons and agencies;

5. take appropriate corrective action to prevent future incidents; and

6. document its compliance with all of the above procedures for each incident.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-8763

Promulgated by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 432180 (11/1/2017).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and 40:2120.31-40.