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INC-2026-0044·Closed

Infection protocol variance (Hand hygiene non-compliance) in Medical Day Unit

Occurred: 2025-03-14T06:10 UTC · Reported: 2025-03-18T22:10 UTC

11Low
DepartmentGeneral Medicine
Unit & RoomMedical Day Unit · Bay 5
Harm Levelnear miss
Patient ReferencePT-1044

Clinical Narrative & Synthesized Abstract

Synthesized Abstract: At 06:10 UTC in Medical Day Unit, a near miss safety event occurred involving hand hygiene non-compliance. The incident was assigned preliminary risk score 11 in the Low band.

Routine surveillance check in Medical Day Unit at 06:10 noted an issue involving hand hygiene non-compliance. The duty sister intercepted the procedure and rectified aseptic protocol.

Strong signal(92%)|Because:
What this could not see: Informal verbal handover notes prior to admission are unrecorded

Risk Evaluation & Score Breakdown

Deterministic multi-term risk score from 1 to 100 derived from clinical harm, recurrence, and reporting lag.

Harm Base Score+5
Patients Affected+0
Recurrence in Window+0
Department Baseline+2
Detection Lag+4
External Reportability+0

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Corrective & Preventive Actions (1)

CAPA-2026-0044administrative TierDue: 2026-09-10

Implement systemic safeguard against infection prevention & control: standardized protocol enforcement and hardware interlock.

pending approval

Parties Involved (2)

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patientPatient 0120

Handover & Action Notes (2)

Root cause debrief conducted with morning nursing team. Focus on verbal order readback adherence.

Clinician A. Taylor (Frontline staff)2025-03-18T22:10 UTC

Root cause debrief conducted with morning nursing team. Focus on verbal order readback adherence.

Nurse Kevin Doyle (Frontline staff)2025-03-18T22:10 UTC