Re: Bruises & Skin Tears, Incident Reports

[Laurie L Swanke]

We use size for bruises--anything over 1 inch unless it is d/t a IV or blood stick.  Any incident like a bumped ankle, bruise or not, we fill out an incident report--then if anything comes of it we have alerted the family, the doctor, etc.. (We fax all incident reports to the Dr. unless the injury is serious or requires first aid, then we call).  We fill out an incident report for all skin tears. ----- Original Message ----- From: Holly Sox, RN, RAC-C To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 6:29 PM Subject: Re: Bruises & Skin Tears, Incident Reports At my facility, we do an incident report on every bruise and skin tear. I don't know if there is a requirement, it's just what our policy is.   Holly ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Archibald To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 6:04 PM Subject: Bruises & Skin Tears, Incident Reports We are not sure if we are required to do an incident report for every bruise and/or skin tear, or just those that we don't know the origin of, ie if we know a bruise was from an ankle being bumped during transfer, do we do an incident report?  Some residents bruise so easily, and bruise from every lab draw and frequent insulin shots.  Your advice? Thanks.