Student Handbook

POLICY ON CLINICAL INCIDENT/VARIANCE REPORTING

The following procedure will be reviewed with the students during orientation at each clinical site.

Any incident involving a patient will be reported immediately to the clinical instructor.
The clinical instructor will ensure that agency personnel and physicians are notified.
The instructor will oversee the completion of the incident report following the agency policy and format for reporting of clinical incidents.
The student is not to answer questions regarding and/or discuss the incident except in the presence of the clinical instructor.

Reviewed and Passed 4/02

The College at Brockport

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