Reporting & recording accidents an incidents.

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    • What are illnesses and incidents that must be reported by health providers called?
      Notifiable deaths, injuries or diseases
    • What regulations cover notifiable deaths, injuries, or diseases?
      Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) (2013)
    • Name one notifiable illness.
      Diphtheria
    • What is an example of a notifiable incident occurring at work?
      Broken bones
    • What must be recorded for less serious accidents and incidents?
      A record must be made regardless of injury
    • What is an example of a less serious accident?
      Slipping on a wet floor
    • What do health and care providers use to report accidents and incidents?
      An accident form
    • What happens to the reports made using accident forms?
      They are recorded in an accident book
    • Why are these reports required by law?
      They are checked during care setting inspections
    • What year were the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations established?
      2013
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