Event Report Documentation Answers

Event Report Documentation Answers

1) Identify the root cause or the “event”
a. The root cause of the event was the hospital not providing a professional translator to translate for the patient who was complaining about severe abdominal pain.

2) Identify the type of event if applicable (sentinel, adverse or never)
a. What happened to the patient could be a sentinel event, because with the hospital using nonprofessional translators, it could lead to the risk of the patient receiving the wrong treatment he would need.

3) Identify the standard of care that was breached (if applicable)
a. The standard of care that was breached was the hospitals professional negligence towards the patient due to the fact that the hospital did not provide an