Incident Reporting Policy: Who Receives Incident Reports

An incident reporting policy should be clear about who should receive incident reports.

Incident reports should be reported to, and memorialized by, individuals with appropriate authority within the recovery home. This could include a director, executive director or member of the organization’s board of directors.

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These individuals should record:

When they received the incident report,
When they reviewed the report and
What additional follow up was implemented to address the situation or prevent future incidents.

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Using the previous example about the missing meds, does the staff need a refresher on the medication policy? Does the program need new medication lock boxes? Or does the resident have a need to discuss their medication with their health care provided? Do they need updates to their recovery plan?

There is nothing an organization can do to prevent future incidents, but the organization does need to engage in the thought process and record attempts to prevent future incidents.

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Recovery housing programs are not required to report incidents to ORH, but they can, if they feel they want some guidance on how the incident may effect the safety and supportiveness of their recovery house community.

Course Syllabus

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Creating an Incident Reporting Policy for Recovery Housing

	1. Incident Reporting Policy: Journal Exercise
	2. Incident Reporting Policy: Introduction
	3. Incident Reporting Policy: What is an Incident?
	4. Incident Reporting Policy: Quiz
	5. Incident Reporting Policy: Reporting Incidents
	6. Incident Reporting Policy: Essential Elements
	7. Incident Reporting Policy: Who Receives Incident Reports
	8. Incident Reporting Policy: Documentation and Grievance
	9. Incident Reporting Policy: Quality Improvement
	10. Incident Reporting Policy: Assessment
	11. Incident Reporting Policy: NEXT STEPS