Marsha is a nurse at a hospital. She draws blood from a patient and then mislabels the tube by using information from another
patient. This causes inaccurate reporting of lab results. Marsha recognizes her mistake and tells her supervisor, and then she
relabels the blood. Does an incident report need to be filed?
O Yes because a mistake was made.
O Yes because an injury occurred.
O No because no injury or illness was caused.
O No because Marsha reported it.

Marsha is a nurse at a hospital. She draws blood from a patient and then mislabels the tube by using information from another  patient. This causes inaccurate reporting of lab results. Marsha recognizes her mistake and tells her supervisor, and then she  relabels the blood- Yes an incident report needs to be filed because a mistake was made

Explanation:

An incident report is a type of  electronic or paper document that provides a detailed, written account of the unforeseen circumstances in a healthcare setting.

The New York State Department of Health has identified some of the most common types:

1) Unexpected events related to prescribed medications and/or treatments

For Example: adverse reactions, equipment failure or misuse, medication errors

2) Bodily injury :

For Example: assaults, burns, falls, needle sticks

3)Patient-related occurrences  :Examples: complaints, elopement (i.e., the patient leaves without authorization), treatment refusal

4) Near misses  :

For Example: potential for an error existed but was corrected before it occurred

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