Medical Incident Report

 Introduction: This Medical Incident Report was an assignment I had to complete for Basic Pharmacology 2. 

Summary: In this assignment, I had the opportunity to look at medication incident reports and the connection to practice as a DSW in the field of developmental services.

Core Competencies: Handling Conflict.

Date of Incident: Monday, June 6th, 2022

Time of Incident: 6:00pm

Client Information: John Doe

Date of Birth of Client: June 26th, 1996 Age: 25 

Diagnosis: Down Syndrome

Gender: Male

Name of Person Involved in the Incident: Sarah Williams (DSW)

Joan Green (DSW)

John Doe (Individual)


Date the Incident was Discovered: Monday, June 6th, 2022 

7:30pm

Type of Incident: Wrong Medication

Wrong Client:

Wrong Medication: X

Wrong Time: 

Incorrect Dose:

Incorrect Documentation: Expired Medication: Other

Describe the Incident in Detail and What Happened: Sarah Williams (DSW) administered the wrong medication to John Doe (Individual), later discovered by Joan Green (DSW) while completing the incident report.


Date of Incident: Monday, June 6th, 2022

Time of Incident: 6:00pm

Client Information: John Doe

Date of Birth of Client: June 26th, 1996 Age: 25 

Diagnosis: Down Syndrome

Gender: Male

Name of Person Involved in the Incident: Sarah Williams (DSW)

Joan Green (DSW)

John Doe (Individual)


Date the Incident was Discovered: Monday, June 6th, 2022 

7:30pm

Type of Incident: Wrong Medication

Wrong Client:

Wrong Medication: X

Wrong Time: 

Incorrect Dose:

Incorrect Documentation: Expired Medication: Other

Describe the Incident in Detail and What Happened: Sarah Williams (DSW) administered the wrong medication to John Doe (Individual), later discovered by Joan Green (DSW) while completing the incident report.

Ordered Medication

Trade Name of Medication: Risperdal

Generic Name of Medication: risperidone

Dosage: 2 mg

Route: Oral

Directions for Use: Take 1 tablet twice a day ( Mayo Clinic, 2022)

Type of Incident: Critical Incident 

Near Miss:

No Harm: 

Minimal Harm: 

Permanent Harm:

 Critical Incident:

Outcome or Result of the Incident: upset stomach, nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, drowsiness ( Sanjai Sinha, 2022)

Describe in Detail the Outcome of the Incident: John Doe began feeling sick around 7:45 pm. The pharmacy was contacted right away and John Doe was taken to emergency. The supervisor was notified and information was documented. 

Medication Incident Report Summer 2022



Possible Reasons the Incident Occurred: Staffing Issues, Environmental Issues

Lack of Training:

Lack of Education:

Missing or Incorrect Information:

 Incorrect Dose or Formulation: 

Miscommunication between Workers: 

Staffing Issues: X

Environmental Issues: X

Describe in Detail the Reasons Picked in Previous Column: There are staffing issues due to shortage of staff, not enough evening staff. 

There are environmental issues due to noise in the workplace, staff was distracted by individuals' irrational behaviours occurring simultaneously.

List the Things that Could have been Done to Prevent the Incident:

Hire more staff

 To double-check the 6 rights of medication administration 

Reporters Name and Contact Information (email and phone number)

Name: Joan Green (DSW)

Phone number: 416-777-1010

Email: Jgreen@gmail.com

Date and Time Error was Reported: Monday, June 6th, 2022 at 7:30 pm

Who Reported the Incident: Joan Green (DSW)


Three things that I’ve learned doing this assignment is going more in-depth and describing what, where and how the incident happened when writing an incident report, accountability as well when there is an error is made being able to express and write down who has done it is very important finally learning how to write an appropriate incident report in general, this gives me an idea on what to expect when I will be writing my own.

Objective:
  • Health and safety for the individuals we support

  • To prevent accidents from happening in the workplace 

  • To prevent it from occurring again

  • To prevent people from dying/getting seriously injured

  • Keeping organized 

  • To be more careful

  • For record purposes 

  • Ensure safety issues



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