S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-97.600.601

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-97.600.601 - Incidents

A. The Facility shall document every incident, and include an incident review, investigation, and evaluation as well as corrective action taken, if any. The Facility shall retain all documented incidents reported pursuant to this section for six (6) years after the Patient involved is last discharged. For the first year following discharge, these records shall be kept on site and readily available at that Facility.

B. The Facility shall report following types of incidents to the responsible party or emergency contact for each affected individual at the earliest practicable hour, not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours of the incident. The Facility shall notify the Department immediately, not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours, via the Department's electronic reporting system or as otherwise determined by the Department. Incidents requiring reporting include:

1. Confirmed or suspected crimes against Patients;

2. Confirmed or suspected Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation;

3. Use of wrong dialyzer on Patient;

4. Blood spills of more than one hundred (100) milliliters;

5. Adverse reactions to Hemolytic transfusion;

6. Adverse reactions to dialyzers;

7. Medication errors with the potential for adverse impact;

8. Hospitalization or death resulting from the incident;

9. Severe hematoma or laceration requiring medical attention or hospitalization;

10. Bone or joint fracture;

11. Severe injury;

12. Fire;

13. Natural disaster

C. The Facility shall submit a separate written investigation report within five (5) days of every incident required to be reported to the Department pursuant to Section 601.B via the Department's electronic reporting system or as otherwise determined by the Department. Reports submitted to the Department shall contain only: Facility name, License number, type of accident and/or incident, the date of accident and/or incident occurred, number of Patients directly injured or affected, Patient medical record identification number, Patient age and sex, number of Staff directly injured or affected, number of visitors directly injured or affected, witness(es) name(s), identified cause of accident/incident, internal investigation results if cause unknown, a brief description of the accident/incident including location where occurred, and treatment of injuries

D. The Facility shall notify the Patient's Physician and responsible party or emergency contact within twenty-four (24) hours of significant changes in a Patient's condition and shall document the significant changes and notification in the Patient's record. (I)

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-97.600.601

Added by State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2020.