Isolation
What type of PPE is needed for Contact Isolation?
1. Gloves
2. Gown
Who is responsible for creating the Blood Borne Pathogen Standard?
OSHA
Where does each employee keep a copy of all facility codes?
On their badge.
Give 1 example of abuse.
Teams choice.
Where should your name tag be at all times?
Easily visible clipped to your scrubs.
True or False:
Each employee must sanitize their hands before and after going into a room.
True. Our facility has ABHR machines outside every room.
If an employee comes in contact with a BBP through broken skin, what should their response be? Put in numerical order
1.They should immediately bleed the wound
2. Wrap the wound in a clean sterile wrap
3. Immediately inform supervisor
4. Have post-exposure appointment.
Describe the acronyms:
RACE
PASS
Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish
Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
When abuse is identified, our Administrator can pull you in for an interview. True or False?
TRUE!
What is the standard practice for call-light response time?
8 minutes
Explain why employees must wash their hands with soap and water when handling a resident with C.Diff instead of using ABHR?
C.Diff is a spore, meaning it lives on surfaces it comes in contact with. If we use ABHR it spreads, Handwashing sends it down the drain.
What are the 3 common BBP in todays society?
Hep B
Hep C
HIV
During a Code 99, what is the employees primary focus?
THEMSELVES! This is the only code that employees put themselves first.
What should we as employees be ensuring at all times for our residents?
We should be ensuring that they are receiving good patient care, we are monitoring closely for any signs of abuse, etc.
What should each employee do before clocking in each shift?
Each employee must screen for COVID-19 and check their temperature. Once complete must sign the Temp-log provided.
What are the elements of Standard Precautions?
1. Hand Hygiene
2. PPE
3. Cough etiquette
4. Safe Injection Practices
5. Infection Control
6. Cleaning and Disinfecting
7. Safe Handling of contaminated equipment
8. All patients, all the time.
List 5 ways BBP are spread.
1. Sexual Contact
2. Sharing Contaminated Sharps or needles
3. Needlesticks or other sharp injuries
4. Birth from an infected mother
5. Contact between broken skin, wounds, or mucous membranes.
When a Code Orange is activated, where do you meet to get information? What information do you get?
Jasmine Nurses Station
Name and Photo ID
Name the 7 types of Abuse.
1. Physical
2. Mental
3. Sexual
4. involuntary Seclusion
5. Neglect
6. Verbal
7. Misappropriation of patient property.
Name some important tasks to remember when bringing things to residents or check before leaving a residents room.
Always remember to label all personal care items including bedpans and urinals, water cups are filled, ensuring call bells are within reach, bed in lowest positions, Personal items within reach, etc.
When you have a question about isolation, what PPE you will need, or when to DON, who to ask?
1. Kelsey (facility IP)
2. Nursing Admin (we are in black scrubs!)
Sam-Azalea LPN UM
Kristen- Rehab UM
Hannah- SDC
Name 5 examples on how a facility can prevent a BBP.
1. PPE
2. Offer Hep B vaccine
3. Handwashing
4. Sharps Containers
5. Self-Sheathing Needles
What is the difference between a Code 99 and a Code 99 with location?
Code 99: Active Intruder (gun, bomb)
Code 99 w/location: Internal Emergency (irate family/patient)
When abuse is suspected or witnessed, who do you notify and when? Where can you find their information after hours?
Ashley Rader, Administrator
Immediately
Emergency binders on nurse`s station & up front at receptionist desk.
When asked a question by state surveyors who do you report to?
Administrator and DON