Instructions

• One at a time, go through the guiding questions for each of the listed scenarios.

After this huddle Staff should be able to:

• Recognize reportable incidents
• Report a hazard, near miss, injury, workplace incivility or responsive behaviours.

Notes to the huddle leader

• Guide your staff through the proper reporting procedures set out by your organization.
• Reporting is not about assigning blame, instead it keeps the care plan current and helps prevent injuries for both workers and the person in care.
• Summarize the discussion with an overview of what happens after an event is reported (i.e. investigation and follow-up).

Guiding questions

• Do these scenarios need to be reported? Why or why not?
• If it does, who is responsible for doing so and what steps must be taken?

Scenarios

• You find a garden hose laying across a pathway that leads to the front door.
• A person in care fell and landed on their right shoulder when they were trying to get out of their chair.
• Each time you call your co-worker for help they don’t answer the phone.
• A care plan was not updated after a person in care displayed a responsive behaviour.
• A person in care gripped your hand very tightly, twisting your wrist, to prevent falling out of
  bed.
• The handrail for a staircase is loose and wobbly.
• You pricked your finger on an improperly disposed needle when changing some bedsheets.
• A high-traffic walkway is dimly lit.