Environment of Care
This is where biohazardous material is stored.
What is a red biohazard bag?
The phrase for what we do each time we enter and exit a patient’s room.
What is Gel in and Gel out?
This Code is activated when there is fire, smoke, heat.
What is Code Red?
This website is where you report an error for medication.
What is Midas?
This item is given to all patients, to inform them about their right to be treated with respect, and to be involved in decisions related to their care.
What are the Patient Rights or "Patient Guide" handbook?
This is how far from the ceiling items are allowed to be stored.
What is within 18 inches?
This process should be used to disinfect medical devices that cannot be passed through an autoclave machine.
What is high level disinfection?
This Code is activated when there is a Cardiac Arrest.
What is Code Blue?
A rash on neck or chest with Vancomycin is this type of reaction.
What is Adverse Reaction?
Patients are informed of their right to file a complaint/grievance on this poster.
What is Patient Rights poster?
This is how often a fire drill must be conducted each year.
What is Twice a year and unannounced?
After using a piece of patient care equipment, the user of the equipment must do this.
What is disinfect the equipment with Sani Cloths ensuring the surface remains visibly moist for 2 minutes?
This code is activated when an infant is abducted?
What is Code Pink?
This medication gets confused with Tdap.
What is dTap (pediatric)?
Before we provide any type of care to patients, patients must read and sign this document.
What is Conditions of Admission form? (Exceptions: for example, a trauma patient without capacity and there is no family/visitor present to sign the form.)
This type of safety exercise prepares staff to keep employees, patients and visitors safe in the case of loss of power, earthquake, or other unexpected events.
What are emergency or disaster drills?
This is the expiration date for hospital-approved disinfectants (Sani-Cloth, Super Sani-Cloth, and Sani-Cloth Bleach Wipes).
What is the printed expiration date on the container?
This Code is activated when a child is abducted.
What is Code Purple?
Location of look-alike sound-alike medication list.
What is intranet (Drug Resources)?
Incision and drainage and Arterial line placement are all examples of procedures that require informed consent and obtaining this from the patient before the procedure is performed.
What is "Consent to Surgery or Special Procedure" form?
This assessment is used to proactively evaluate the impact on patient care as it relates to the safety of building, grounds, and all employees?
What is Risk Assessment?
After going outside and before entering the semi-restricted and restricted operative and procedural areas this must be done.
What is put on a fresh pair of hospital-laundered scrubs?
This Code is activated when there is a bomb threat?
What is Code Yellow?
This Strategy is used here at Kern Medical to help us reduce medication errors for look-alike sound-alike medications.
What is Tall-man lettering?
This is a way for patients to formally communicate what type of healthcare they want if they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity, and to appoint a person to make such decisions on their behalf.
What is an Advance Directive?