Risk reduction

The Risk Management office at UC Davis Health System will release occasional statements addressing different kinds of liability claims received by the office. The statements will provide advice and tips intended to help employees not only with the handling of incidents that are potential claims, but to help prevent such incidents from occurring in the first place.

Risk Management’s statements will be stored permanently at the Weekly Update Web site. They are available in PDF format to allow managers and others to download and duplicate the documents as needed.

The Incident Reporting System is available online at http://incident. Employees who have questions or need additional information should contact Risk Management at (916) 734-3883.

Here is a list of the statements:

• Report all accidents involving university
  vehicles, regardless of how minor
• Preparation is the key when issued a subpoena
• State law mandates plan for reducing medication errors
• Slips and falls (PDF file)
• Incident Reporting System is the wrong place for employee injuries
• Relax: You owe it to yourself — and others
• Cell-phone use and driving a dangerous mix, studies show
• All patients must provide consent for care