Client Right #6 & SIR Training
- sublimelivingmisa
- Jun 1
- 1 min read
Client Right #6 states: "A right to social interaction and participation in community activities."
SIR stands for Special Incident Report. As a long-term care facility we need to report certain incidents to San Diego Regional Center (SDRC) by filling out the SIR form and submitting it within 48 hours of the occurrence. An example of a special incident that needs to be reported to SDRC would be a serious injury/accident such as a fracture or laceration requiring sutures or staples. When we make a report to SDRC, we must also submit an Unusual Incident Report (UII) to Community Care Licensing (CCL). Please refer to the Dropbox training folder for additional reading on SIR Training.
1) What special incidents need to be reported to SDRC/CCL?
2) What information needs to be included in the special incident report?
1) Any serious injury, accident, or situation that puts a client's health, safety, or rights at risk.
2) Who, what, when, where, and what was done about it.
1. Missing persons, serious injuries requiring medical treatment, medication errors
2. description & client information, details of the incident, who was involved, when occured date & time, name of witnesses if any, any actions that were taken & follow up plan steps to prevent recurrence.
1) special incidents that need to be reported to the SDRC/CCL are:
Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
Fiduciary abuse
Emotional abuse
Mental abuse
Or physical/chemical restraint
2) the person filling out the report should accurately provide the consumers name, DOB, UCI number, sex, and diagnosis, as well as assuring they properly fill out and leave their contact number, name, and correctly put the time, date and location of the incident involved in the report
1) SIR/UII is required when a client goes AWOL, when there is suspected abuse and/or neglect to a client, when any kind of serious injury/accident occurs, any unplanned or unscheduled hospitalization, just to name a few.
Also, you must always report a death or if a client is a victim of a crime, such as robbery, aggravated assault or rape.
2) Some things to include in the body of your paragraph that you are writing is to make sure all the key points have been covered such as: who, what, when, and where did the incident happen. Make sure to include the end result also. Example: Is the client safe now?, is medical treatment being provided or needed?, etc.
3)…
Physical abuse, Fiduciary abuse, Fracture, Dislocation, Any medication errors, puncture wounds requiring medical treatment beyond first aid, Lacerations requiring sutures or staples
The person calling or writing the report should always include thier name and phone when making an incident report.
Be sure that the consumer is accurately identified with name,data of birth, UCI number, sex, and diagnosis.