RE: Bruises & Skin Tears, Incident Reports

[Brenda Chance]

It’s what ours is as well.  We also do an investigative report with any unusual occurrence and this let’s us know what is reportable, etc.   Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator     CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: Holly Sox, RN, RAC-C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.