Reporting of Adverse Events/ Incidents

All significant events and incidents happening within the ward/ units should be reported to the Director.

This is a requirement as per the NIMH policies made in line with the Mental Diseases Ordinance.

Further it is also a requirement as per Ministry of Health guidelines.

Ward based Adverse events should be reported using the approved form for NIMH (Pink Form).

Nursing Officers are expected to fill and send this form via the Special Grade Nursing Officer to the Director which will be reviewed by the Quality Management Unit

Serious adverse events / incidents MUST be reported to the Head of the Institution and the relevant Consultant as soon as possible.

All the adverse events related to specific medical management should be reported by the Consultant, Senior Registrar, Registrar or Medical Officer. All such reports must be seen by the respective Consultant or any other Senior Medical Officer assigned by the consultant.

The adverse events associated with the non-medical management (such as fall, injury, absconding) can be reported by the Nursing Sister or the Nursing Officer.

The nature of the adverse event must be mentioned briefly in the relevant cage. The immediate measures taken to manage the adverse event / incident should be mentioned in the next cage in brief.

In addition to the Pink form the H1259 form issued under general circular 01-38/2016 of the Ministry of Health can be utilized to report incidents by any staff member of the hospital. The Laboratory and Pharmacy related incidents should be reported on the H1259 form. All H1259 forms should also be directed to the Quality Management Section of the PDU.