Ring a Ding
What light and sounds will occur if the Code Blue button is pressed inside the patient's room?
Audible alarm rings
Scrolling blue lights on the corridor dome light
Name two ways you can disinfect your protective eye wear
Wash with soap and water
Disinfect with approved disinfectant wipe
What is the purpose of National Patient Safety Goals which were created by The Joint Commission?
Improve patient safety
To focus on problems in health care and how to solve them
If we have to lift more than ____ lbs. to perform a patient transfer, we are required to use safe patient handling equipment.
What is 35 pounds
What is the emergency number used at PHC to call for an emergency?
What is 711
What 3 options does the patient have for using the call bell system?
Routine Call
Pain Call
Bathroom Call
When doffing an N-95 Mask, which strap should be removed first and why?
Remove the bottom strap FIRST, then remove the top strap so you can carefully lift the mask up and away from your face
Name ONE National Patient Safety Goal
Identifies patient correctly
Improve staff communication
Uses medicines safely
Uses alarms safely
Prevent Infection
Identify patient safety risks
Prevent mistakes in surgery
If you are using the Viking and the battery dies when the patient is in mid-air over the bed, how can you safely lower the patient to the bed?
Use the emergency button (red) located on the lift to gradually lower the patient.
A gallon of formaldehyde has spilled in the hallway. What code would you activate for this emergency?
What is a Code Orange
You walk into a patient room and find the patient sitting on the floor. Which button inside the room should you press to get immediate assistance?
What is the Emergency button on the wall console for the call bell system.
In regard to disinfection, what is meant by the term "Wet Time" and how do you determine what that is when using a particular disinfectant/wipe product?
Wet time is the amount of time you need to keep the item wet with the disinfectant in order for it to be properly disinfected.
The wet time is listed on the product label
What two identifiers are used to identify patients BEFORE giving medications, collecting specimens or doing any treatments or procedures?
Name and Date of Birth
Why can't Maxi-Slide Flite sheets be left underneath a patient on a stretcher/bed while transporting a patient to another department?
The transfer sheets are so slippery, the patient may slide off the stretcher/bed and fall.
During a Code Red we practice
R
A
C
E
Demonstrate this action
R= Rescue all persons in immediate danger
A= Alarm
C= Confine
E= Extinguish
When re-connecting the bed cord to the call bell system in the room, you depress the Cancel button to clear the flashing Magenta light. It does not clear so what should you do next to reset the system?
Using hand-gel for hand hygiene would not be permitted for what two conditions?
If hands are visibly soiled
If patient is on isolation for C-Diff Organism
One of the National Patient Safety Goals is to prevent infection. What practice do you do to facilitate this goal?
Hand Hygiene
Describe the correct lock position for the following 2 types of lifts:
1.) Using the Sabina or Viking to move a patient from the bed to chair
2.) Using the Viking to lift a patient off the floor
1.) UNLOCKED wheels for moving patients with Sabina or Viking from bed to chair
2.) LOCKED wheels for using the Viking to lift a patient off the floor
Your co-worker is very upset about not getting their vacation approved and begins to scream, punch the walls, and throw furniture in the lounge. What two things should you do?
Leave the area immediately
Call 711 and activate a Code Gray
The mini-dome light outside the patient room is an indicator of the various attributes a patient can have. If the top light is yellow, what would this tell me about the patient?
That the patient is at risk for fall
Name at least 2 poor practices associated with hand-washing
Does not wash hands for required time
Turns faucets off with bare hands
Touches inside of sink or sink area after washing hands
Washing hands under running water instead of doing 20 seconds of friction and then rinsing
Much of our medical equipment contain alarms. What two things are required if you have an alarm set?
Alarm must be audible
Staff must respond to the alarm in a timely fashion.
A patient from a Nursing Home comes to the hospital with their own sling that fits on our Viking device. Can you use this patient's sling for the lift?
No, you may not use equipment from another facility with our lift devices as they may not be compatible or may be expired or damaged.
While working on your unit, you answer the phone and a person tells you that he has left a bomb somewhere in the hospital. What should you do?
Keep the person on the line by talking to them
Try and obtain any information you can
Male or female?
Approx. age of person
What are they upset about?
Any background noise?
Related to a recent patient?
Motion another person to activate Code Yellow