Description

Determination of whether or not the patient was harmed.

On-Screen Instructions

Harm: any physical injury or damage to the health of a person requiring additional medical care, including both temporary and permanent injury.

Field Type

Responses

• Yes

• No

Guide for Use

An unnecessary surgical or invasive procedure is harm – the additional surgical site will require monitoring to avoid infection.

Examples:

• An unnecessary trigger finger release when a carpal tunnel surgery is intended is harm – it will have a separate incision site.

• A chest tube inserted on the wrong side that has to be removed and sutured is harm.

History