Terminology
an accrediting organization that evaluates a health care organization's performance in areas that most affect patient health and safety.
What is The Joint Commission?
solution you should have on your field for cleaning instruments throughout the procedure
What is sterile water?
two ways we are to identify all patients
(NPSG 01.01.01)
What is name and date of birth?
the application employees use to report an accident or incident
What is Vigilanz?
should always be worn at patient field or whenever performing patient care
What is eye protection?
an event that changes how a hospital practices
What is a sentinal event?
the contact time for purple-top wipes
What is 2 minutes?
the single most effective method for preventing the spread of infection
What is hand hygiene (hand washing)?
is the fire safety procedure used at TSHMC (also know as R.A.C.E.)
What is Rescue, Activate emergency system, Contain fire, and Extinguish if possible.
appropriate location to wear a radiation dosimeter badge
What is chest level, outside your lead?
a set of goals created by TJC and hospitals are surveyed on the efforts to achieve them. Also known as NPSG.
What are National Patient Safety Goals?
where you should start mopping a room after a case is completed
What is starting at the edge of the room first and then moving towards the center?
NPSG 15.01.01 states that we are to "prevent mistakes in surgery" by doing these two things
What is marking the patient and pausing before surgery for a time out?
is how a fire extinguisher should be used (P.A.S.S.)
What is Pull the pin, Aim the nozzle at the base of fire, Squeeze the trigger, and Sweep the stream from side to side at the base of the fire.
process for reducing risks of sharp injuries at sterile field
What is a hands free zone/no pass zone/neutral zone?
a systematic process that uses information gathered during an investigation to determine the fundamental deficiencies that led to the incident.
What is a root cause analysis (RCA)?
these are reasons why instruments may be considered unsuitable for use/removed from field (name 2)
What is blood/organic matter, damaged/broken, rust, pitting, chipped, or tape that is cracked/peeling?
information included on label for all medications on sterile field
(NPSG 03.04.01)
What is medication, concentration, initials, date, and time?
the Code called for a person with a weapon or hostage situation
What is Code Silver?
3 components of radiation safety
What is time, distance, and shielding?
what HIPAA stands for
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
5 items that should be cleaned between every patient (high-touch objects)
What are door handles, OR beds, reuseable safety straps, remote controls, slider boards, anesthesia machine, and IV poles and pumps?
how staff communicates information across shifts, also known as SBAR
What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendations?
where you can locate the facilities safety data sheets (SDS)
Where is the TSHMC intranet site?
these are known contents of surgical smoke (name 2)
What is blood particles, viruses, cancer cells, and toxic chemicals including cyanide, formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide?