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Andrea Brickwood posted a reply on Re: Birthday Party Decorations and Goodies
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 11:12 AM
Said: Hi there,We decorate each party room with balloons and streamers which stay up for the whole day (we have up to 12 parties each weekend day). Definitely not re-usable, so I'd also be interested to hear about reusable decorations!! W...
Deb Gilpin posted a reply on Re: Incident Reports
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 10:41 AM
Said: I'll add to Lily's... In my younger days I was nervous about opening these calls with "I'm so sorry this happened to your child during your visit."...thinking that it was "admitting liability." One day, an injury became an infection, a ...
Lily Hoyer-Winfield posted a reply on Re: Incident Reports
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 10:09 AM
Said: Hello, we just went through an overhaul of our incident report procedure at the Madison Children's Museum, good timing for your question. I always do a follow-up call within 1-2 days after the incident to the caregiver or a...
Megan Dietz posted a reply on Re: Incident Reports
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 10:06 AM
Said: We do not do any follow up, I would be concerned that doing follow up could somehow be construed as taking responsibility, which could open up liability issues. I also look at it as the more communication about an incident, the mo...
Jeanna Giese posted a new Topic
Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 at 9:53 AM
Incident Reports
I'm just curious what other Museum's protocols are for following up on incident reports. Not just a paper cut or bee sting, but where ice was given and there was blood or bruising, hospital visit, etc.
It doesn't happen often but has happened twice since I've been here (1.5 years). We do have a form and First AID, etc. I'm specifically looking for followup policies. Do you call to check on them, send a card, etc.?
It doesn't happen often but has happened twice since I've been here (1.5 years). We do have a form and First AID, etc. I'm specifically looking for followup policies. Do you call to check on them, send a card, etc.?
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