Restraints & Seclusion
The location of the restraint boxes.
What is the Seclusion Ante Room?
Patient trays that have been eaten are placed here when the cart is gone.
What is soiled utility?
This is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection in healthcare settings.
What is proper hand hygiene?
The number of visitors allowed per patient per day.
What is 2?
This is how you should find all unused patient room doors.
What is locked?
True or False:
Whether locking or unlocking the seclusion room door, you turn the key the same direction.
What is true?
These can be used at night to assist with sleep and must always be locked in a cabinet during use.
What is the sound machine?
This type of patient requires soap and water, not sanitizer.
What is a patient with C. difficile?
True or False:
Visitors are promised a private space for visitation.
What is false?
The location of the remote in the patient rooms is here.
What is locked in the supply cabinet in the patient room?
The type of monitoring needed for a patient in seclusion after the first hour.
What is audio and visual?
This is taken from the med room to the soiled utility when full but not placed in the biohazard bin.
What is a sharps container?
This should always occur before and after glove use.
What is hand hygiene?
The setting for the ferrous metal detector when bringing in a visitor.
What is 3?
True or False:
The patient room doors should always open into the hallway.
What is false?
The amount of hours a person can remain in the restraint chair.
What is 2 hours?
Used toner cartridges are take here for disposal.
What is the recycling room?
Hands should be washed for at least this many seconds.
What is 20 seconds?
This is the last thing you do in the intake room before bringing the visitors onto the unit.
What is turn them in front of the ferrous detector?
This area is often overlooked but should always be included in a room sweep.
What is under the mattress or in the cubbies?
This person holds the restraint key when a patient is in restraints.
Who is the person sitting 1:1?
In the nutrition room, items that are not in a wipeable container should never be placed here.
What is on the counter?
This part of the hand is most commonly missed during hand hygiene.
What are thumbs (or fingertips)?
These are the allotted timeframes for visitation.
What are 3-3:30, 4-4:30, and 5-5:30?
The best outcome of a thorough room sweep is a safer environment for these individuals.
Who are patients, visitors, and staff?