Policy Manual sample

MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. 208 • Activate the Emergency Medical System (911) if necessary. Initiate first aid measures to provide for an open airway. • Administer CPR if required. • Complete the Incident Report and forward it to the Risk Manager/Director of Patient Care Services. • Document in the patient’s medical record:  A description of the type of reaction  Patient's vital signs  Time of physician notification and order  Interventions implemented  Patient's response to the interventions • All potential and/or actual adverse reactions are considered sentinel events and are reviewed, analyzed and reported according to the Agency’s Sentinel Event policy. • All adverse drug reactions are tracked and trended as part of the organizationwide performance improvement policy. The summary reports of actual or potential adverse reactions include findings, conclusions and recommendations, if any, for decreasing the incidence of actual or potential adverse medication reactions. Drugs which are frequently encountered in adverse drug reaction analysis may be targeted for more intense evaluation or education. • Adverse medication reaction summary reports are presented to the Professional Advisory Committee at its quarterly meetings. • If it is determined that the findings may be relevant to a specific individual’s performance, corrective actions appropriate to the severity of the findings will be instituted by the Clinical Supervisor. • Serious or unexpected adverse drug reactions will be reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As defined by the FDA, “serious adverse drug reaction” is “an adverse drug experience that is life threatening, is permanently disabling, requires inpatient hospitalization, requires prescription drug therapy or has an outcome of death, congenital anomaly, cancer or overdose.” “Unexpected adverse drug reaction” is “an adverse drug experience that is not listed in the current labeling” and includes any event that may be related to side effects described in the current literature but that differs because of greater severity or specificity. • Medication Classifications That Have a Relationship to Adverse Drug Reactions: