DISEASE CONTROL
DAILY DOUBLE
Do this when known or suspected exposure to spores, when hands are visibly soiled, after caring for a person with known or suspected infectious diarrhea. Also, most important step in infection prevention.
What is WASHING hands with soap and water?
The Symbol of Nursing.
What is an Oil Lamp?
These are the 2 patient identifiers when providing care, treatment and services.
What are the NAME and DOB?
One person in 20 has an extra this? Most often men.
What is a rib?
Accreditation agency that specifies guidelines for documentation.
What is The Joint Commission (TJC)?
Using this immediately before and after touching a patient or the patients' immediate environment, immediately after glove removal.
What are appropriate times to use Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizer?
This, like fingers, has its own unique print that can be used to identify you.
What is the Tongue?
Code VIOLET
What is staff/Employee workplace violence?
DAILY DOUBLE
These, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
What are Apples?
Give an example of what NOT to say to a surveyor.
“I don’t have time for this/I don’t know”
Generally, anything rude or dismissive
i.e. TO DO: “Off the top of my head I’m a little unsure but I will refer to policy/resource and that will be just a sec. “
Techniques for Alcohol-Based hand sanitizer
What is putting product on hands and rub hands together, cover all surfaces until hands feel dry, should take around 20seconds?
The state flower is the bluebonnet.
What is the state of Texas’?
Fire Response Plan (RACE)
Rescue persons at the fire/s point of origin.
Alarm/Announce “code RED” on discovery of smoke or fire (do not yell), activate the nearest fire alarm pull station and call 911.
Control/Contain smoke, toxic gasses and fire by closing all doors.
Evacuate/Extinguish the fire – if fire is small (no bigger than the fire extinguisher or small waste basket) you may attempt to extinguish the fire using the nearest fire extinguisher.
Humans shed 1.5pounds of this in a year.
What is Skin?
The Joint Commission phone number to report concerns to.
What is The Joint Commission's Office of Quality and Patient Safety at (800) 994-6610?
Dog has exhibited behavioral changes, which are now followed by a sensitivity to light and sound, an unusual diet, and has been hiding under the bed. These could be symptoms of what disease?
What is rabies?
Established in 1850, it has a Wild West history known to have seen the likes of Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid.
What is El Paso?
Nearest Evacuation route in your building.
What is outlined and posted evacuation plan in the front door and back hallway in SHPE?
The fastest growing nail is located on one of these 5.
What is the Middle Finger?
These are the steps to file a safety concern/complaint to TJC.
Preferred method for submitting a concern is through the online submission form as it allows for more direct, timely receipt and review for concerns. One may also mail concerns/complaints. This Do not accept faxed or emailed submissions.
This infectious agent lives on or inside or inside its “host” and receives nourishment at the expense of its host.
What is a parasite?
One in every 1000 babies is born with this.
What is a tooth?
Items that should not be displayed at staff/nurse desks (that can be applied).
What are lotions, creams, hand sanitizers (fragranced/outside products)?
Translation of Genu
(as in genuflect).
What is the knee in Latin?
Complaint Process.
What is to report to your COC or directly contact and/or submit complaint accessible in the TCJ website?