Which incident would be reported to the risk manager?
A) A patient's visitor getting lost on the way to the hospital.
B) Intravenous therapy resulting in reduced infections.
C) A patient refusing to consent for an elective procedure.
D) Surgical procedure performed on the wrong site.

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Surgical procedures performed on the wrong site is a serious patient safety incident and would need to be reported to the risk manager. This type of error is known as a "never event" and hospitals are required to report it to regulatory agencies. A patient's visitor getting lost or a patient refusing a procedure are not reportable incidents. Intravenous therapy resulting in reduced infections is a positive outcome and also not a reportable incident.

Which Incident Would Be Reported to the Risk Manager