Incident Reporting

Information related to incident reporting is covered in the SA Health Placement Module – please ensure you are familiar with the requirements.

Students are required to follow SA Health incident reporting processes in addition to the required UniSA incident reporting process.

During placement, any student that encounters or experiences one or more of the following:

• hazards, such as equipment faults, environmental factors
• Incidents with no harm (to self, staff or patient)
• Incidents with injury or harm, including bodily injury or mental stress (to self, staff or patient)

must report to the Radiographer supervising them at the time and/or to the Clinical Supervisor as soon as possible to ensure the appropriate level of care and action can be applied.

The Safety Learning System (SLS) is an application that enables all SA Health services to record, manage, investigate and analyse patient and worker incidents as well as consumer feedback. The Clinical supervisor will provide assistance with making a report where required.