Facilities must report patient death or serious injury associated with a medication error (e.g., errors involving the wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong patient, wrong time, wrong rate, wrong preparation, or wrong route of administration). Excludes reasonable differences in clinical judgment on drug selection and dose. Includes, but is not limited to, death or serious injury associated with: a) over- or under-dosing; b) administration of a medication to which a patient has a known allergy or serious contraindication, c) drug-drug interactions for which there is known potential for death or serious injury, and d) improper use of single-dose/single-use and multi-dose medication vials and containers leading to death or serious injury as a result of dose adjustment problems.
State of Nevada Healthcare License types now required by SB457 from the 2019 legislative session, and implemented as of 1/1/20, to report to the Sentinel Events Registry include the following:
Anyone employed by a medical facility must notify the patient safety officer within 24 hours; the patient safety officer must report the event within 13 days, and must submit a second report with contributing factors, corrective actions, and plan to remedy within 45 days.
Nevada State Health Division via RedCAPS
Registrar
500 Damonte Ranch Parkway
Suite 657
Reno, NV 895201
Phone: (775) 684-5297
Administrator
4126 Technology Way
Suite 200
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone: (775) 684-5911
Supervisor
3811 W. Charleston Blvd.
Suite 205
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Phone: (702) 486-3568
