Facility Procedure for Reporting the Types of Abuse

Reporting Abuse – Facility Procedure for Reporting
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Reporting Abuse – Facility Procedure for Reporting
In the United States, family and domestic violence, including intimate partner, child, and elder abuse, is typical (Huecker et al., 2021). Since medical professionals encounter these problems while taking care of patients, they are responsible for reporting the abuse to the relevant authorities to protect patients. This process involves the characteristics that can help a medical professional establish a form of abuse and the facility's reporting procedure.
According to the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS, 2021), domestic violence or abuse encompasses physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, abandonment, neglect, and exploitation. Some of the common signs that can lead to the conclusion that a patient faces one or more of these problems include bruises, lacerations, open wounds, welts, and untreated injuries. In terms of sexual abuse, common signs include unexplained genital conditions, bloody and torn underwear, and bruises around bre...