Know Your Commission
What does TJC stand for?
What is The Joint Commission?
What is one of the most important ways to correctly identify a patient before providing care?
What are two patient identifiers?
What is the most important way to prevent the spread of infection in health care?
What is hand hygiene?
What does POCT stand for?
Point-of-Care Testing
Emergency exits should never be what?
A. Open
B. Blocked
C. Used
What is B. Blocked?
What is the main purpose of TJC?
What is providing accreditation for our health campus?
Before performing a procedure or collecting a specimen, what should you verify?
What are the patient's identity and the correct order/procedure?
What is the purpose of completing quality control checks on POCT?
What is to ensure accuracy of patient results?
During a fire emergency, should elevators be used for evacuation?
What is no?
The location of The Joint Commission page for employees
What is ANMC Intranet?
You notice an unlabeled specimen sitting on the counter. Nobody knows who it belongs to.
What is dispose of specimen?
How are soiled instruments stored?
What is spayed with PreKlenz and transported to sterile processing within 72 hours?
These must be completed before an employee is allowed to perform POCT
What is ultipro learning courses?
True or False: If equipment still works, it's okay to use it even if it appears damaged.
What is False?
When being surveyed and the answer to a question is unknown, what are the next actions?
What is be honest and let surveyor you do not know but you can find where or who to find the answer from?
You are rooming a patient and notice their medication list doesn't match what the patient says they are currently taking. What should you do?
What is do not ignore, verify with the provider.
When must ultrasonic gel be disposed of?
What is 28 days after opening or written expiration date?
What should you do if you're unsure how a particular specimen should be collected?
What is stop and verify the correct procedure using the appropriate policy/test instructions or qualified resource?
What are IFUs?
A surveyor asks you about a policy you haven't used recently. You don't remember the details. What should you do?
What is refer to Policy Tech on SCF Intranet?
4 mandatory signs needed in patient care areas
What is patient rights and responsibilities, emergency work flow, 7 rights, medication safety pearls?
You're rooming a patient. You put on gloves, take their blood pressure, type on the computer, then grab supplies from the cabinet.
Question: What is the infection-control concern?
What is cross-contamination?
You perform a POCT and the result doesn't seem consistent with the patient's condition. What should you do?
What is inform provider, repeat testing, ensure quality control was completed, send to lab.
What is SDS and where is it located?
Both locations needed for points.