What is considered as an incident or accident in a care home

Incidents to be reported under the RIDDOR Regulations include: accidents occurring at work that result in death or serious injury, including deaths or injuries that result from physical assaults on employees (from which they are unable to work for at least three working days after the incident)

Which of the following is considered as an incident in a care home?

Incident – Any incident that leads to harm, loss or damage to clients, their family /carers or staff e.g. a client absconding as a result of staff not following the behaviour management plan.

What is classed as an incident?

The basic definitions of 'incident' and 'accident' in the workplace are: An incident is something that has happened in the workplace unexpectedly, which hasn't caused any personal injury, but may or may not have caused damage, and that warrants reporting.

What should be reported as an incident?

Some broad areas that reportable incidents encompass include: Medication errors and omissions such as inappropriate drug, inappropriate dose, inappropriate rate, inappropriate route, or failure to medicate at all.