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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
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