Infection Prevention
The most effective way to prevent healthcare-associated infections?
What is proper hand hygiene and infection control practices.
Right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, right reason, and correct documentation.
What is the "Seven Rights" of medication administration?
The laminated card inside the patients room directing patient to call for help prior to getting out of bed
What is the purpose of the "Call Don't Fall" campaign?
Patients should state their full name and date of birth prior to specimen collection, information should be verified with patient's armband.
What is how to identify a patient properly prior to specimen collection?
Apply enough product to wet all hand surfaces (e.g. product remains wet for approximately 20 seconds) Rub all surfaces of the hands, fingers, and thumbs until dry
How to apply alcohol-based hand rub?
To ensure that patients' medications are accurately and consistently documented and that any discrepancies are addressed to prevent adverse drug events.
What is the purpose of a medication reconciliation process in healthcare?
Information should be documented in the 'FYI" tab and in the story board, provided at hand off of care and the 'brain"
How to identify a patient is a fall risk.
Labeling will be completed in the presence of the patient immediately after specimen collection.
What is when should a collection label be completed?
Pt Education, Normothermia, antibiotic stewardship, Pre op bathing, Nasal antisepsis, Environmental Controls, skin antisepsis, hair clipping outside of Operative suite, Blood sugar management.
What are strategies used to fight Surgical Site Infections?
What are two commonly used drugs that need to be checked by two Registered Nurses prior to administering
What is Heparin & Insulin
Magnet on door, pt wearing yellow nonskid socks, bed in low position, side rails up, chair/bed alarm in use.
The order and the label must match
What are two requirements in order for lab to accept specimen?
Three minutes of wet time
What is the dry time for Saniwipes?
These carts are located in the emergency department, PACU, and ICU. Pediatric is located in OB.
what is the location of the crash carts at Riverwood Healthcare Center?
fall risk patient want to sit up on side of bed.
Fall risk patients should be sitting in chair with appropriate fall precautions in place
Complete an event report in Health Care Safety Zone.
What do you do if make or find an error?
Before touching a patient, before an invasive or aseptic procedure, after body fluid exposure risk, after touching a patient, after touching environment within patient zone
What are five Moments of Hand Hygiene
Name, medical record number and red blood bank number.
What three patient identifiers need to be used when administering blood?
At the time of admission, once a shift, and if patient orientation or alertness changes.
How often do inpatients receive assessments for fall interventions?
Name, Date of Birth, Medical Record number
Date & Time of Specimen Collection
Laterality PRN
What is the information that needs to be included on a specimen label?