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• EC: – Clarifications and Expectations: 7 Easy Steps to Risk Assessment: How you can do it and why you need to[®] [Pearl: EOC, LDR, PI, SFT] EC News February 2013, Vol 16, #3, Pg 6 In this latest installment of the series, Mr. Mills makes it clear he does not want to be prescriptive. However, he does provide a nice descriptive outline of a 7-step process for looking at a circumscribed potential risk issue. A key first step in this process is to “frame the issues as a yes/no question”. One example given in the article is “Can we have exposed plumbing in a behavioral health unit?”. The subsequent steps involve identifying pros, cons, using stakeholders to impartially evaluate both, then formally reaching and documenting a conclusion that is implemented, monitored and reassessed as needed. It is a simple, but powerful (and protective) approach that is well worth considering. Read full text of the 7 steps in the February 13th issue of JC Online (Section E Below)[®] [®] |
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The 7 Steps (elaborated in the article) are:
1 – Identify the issue
2 – Develop arguments that support the proposed process or issue.
3 – Develop arguments that disagree with the proposed process or issue.
4 – Evaluate both arguments.
5 – Reach a conclusion.
6 – Document the process.
7 – Monitor and reassess the conclusion.
Note: Documentation of this process can mitiate/avoid a citation if its reasonably rational conclusion supported acceptable level of risk and disagreed with the need to completely and/or immediately eliminate the risk