The hospital's risk management team has identified a potential hazard to patient safety. What should be the team's next action?
1. Identify and compensate any patient previously injured
2. Eliminate the hazard before anyone else is harmed.
3. Discipline staff who have been involved in previous incidents.
4. Gather and trend data on the occurrences.
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Rationale: The first action is to eliminate the hazard before anyone else is harmed. Disciplining staff may lead to reluctance to report other incidents. Information should be gathered and trended, but this is not as important as eliminating the hazard. Paying for previous injuries does not help identify or eliminate hazards.
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