Incident and sentinel event reporting

1. The shelter care program must have written policy outlining the documentation of incidents and sentinel events that occur while the resident is in placement. The policy must include: a. Reporting procedures of an incident as an unplanned occurrence that resulted or could have resulted in injury to people or damage to property, specifically involving the general public, residents, or employees, or nonemployees; and b. Reporting procedures of a sentinel event as an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury not related to the natural course of a resident's illness or underlying condition, including any process variation for which a reoccurrence would carry a significant chance of a serious adverse outcome. 2. The shelter care program shall document the incident or sentinel event in the resident's file within twenty-four hours and notify the resident's custodian, parent, or guardian immediately or within twelve hours. 3. The shelter care program shall maintain a log of written reports of incidents and sentinel events involving residents. 4. The shelter care program shall provide employees or nonemployees time at the beginning of each shift to be informed of or review reports of incidents and sentinel events occurring since the employee's or nonemployee's last shift. 5. The shelter care program shall provide employees or nonemployees and residents time to debrief the incident and sentinel event with supervisors.