Document review is part of investigating events.  Invest time in this.  It is the foundation for the final phase of the investigation.  The goal is to collect all of the documents that apply to the event.

1.  Identify policies and procedures.  List all that apply, those that the participants thought applied and those that were not followed. 

2.  Research evidence-based and best practices.  Hit the library and conduct your own research.  Include new information.

3.  Incident reports.  Learn more about incident reports by clicking here.

4.  Other documents.  Gather documents referenced during their perception interview and review them.  These documents may or may not be significant to the investigation.

 What documents do you review when conducting an investigation?