Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find the legislation about RCA reports?What information should the RCA report contain?
Where can I find other acts and regulations?
Is the final RCA report covered by privilege?
Does a copy of the incident report need tobe included in the patients medical file?
Do I need to put a copy of the RIB in the patient/client record?
When do I need to submit the final RCA report to the Department?
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Where can I find the legislation about RCA reports?
What information should the RCA report contain?
A description of the reported incident, a causation statement indicating the reasons why the incident occured, based on the findings from RCA investigation, and recommendations by the RCA team of changes or improvements relating to a procedure or practice arising out of the incident.
Where can I find other acts and regulations?
Is the final RCA report covered by privilege?
No. For more information, please refer to the Incident Management Policy PD2007_061.Does a copy of the incident report need tobe included in the patients medical file?
All actual clinical incidents must be documented in the patient's health record. Care must be taken to ensure only clinically relevant information is included in the health record. Staff must document the IIMS ID number in the health record with the information about the incident. If the incident was identified via a complaint, as per PD2006_073, then the complaint details are NOT to be recorded in the patient medical file.
Do I need to put a copy of the RIB in the patient/client record?
No. The RIB is a notification to the NSW Department of Health and does not need to be included in the patients medical record.
When do I need to submit the final RCA report to the Department?
The report must be submitted to the Department within 70 calendar days of the incident being notified in IIMS.