The Operatory
Name for the plastic materials placed on sensitive or hard to clean items to prevent cross-infection between dental patients
What are barrier coverings?
Defines items as low, semi-critical, or critical
What is the Spaulding classification?
The single most important thing to prevent infection
What is hand hygiene?
To ensure patient safety, what information should a dental employees ask a patient to confirm during initial encounter?
What is Name and DOB?
Infection prevention practices used to avoid the transmission of infectious agents by Healthcare Personnel and others.
What is standard precautions?
What type of waste disposal is used for sharps, such as needles and scalpel blades, to ensure safety in the ambulatory environment?
What is a sharps container?
Code for missing persons
What is code Amber?
The minimum amount of time required to run a water line between each patient.
What is 20 seconds?
Items used in dental procedures that typically single use unless the IFU states it can be reprocessed.
What are dental burs?
Minimum amount of time for surfaces to be disinfected
What is the wet time?
Government enforced privacy that restricts sharing of personal protected information to anybody other than the patient or authorized patient representative.
What is HIPAA?
Process by which you put on and take off your PPE
What is donning and doffing?
How often is a "bump" test performed?
What is Weekly (for approx 3 min.)?
What is the primary purpose of performing regular safety drills in an ambulatory care setting?
What is to prepare staff for emergency situations and ensure a swift and organized response?
Items that are used on more than one patient that are either dispensed in a central area or barriered to avoid cross-contamination
What is Multi dose?
Items that must be locked securely when nobody is in clinic and have "Look Alike - Sound Alike" warnings?
Test run to ensure that the most resistant microorganisms have been killed during sterilization.
What is spore testing or Biological attest?
These are the 3 "rights" covered by universal protocol (timeout)
What is a right patient, right procedure, right site?
This type of PPE is required when breaking down an operatory or handling instruments in the sterile area.
What are utility gloves?
Where a person would go to look at an IFU or SDS?.
What is One Source?
In case of a fire, 2 acronyms are used?
What is RACE (Remove, Alert, Contain, Extinguish or Evacuate) and PASS (Pull Aim Squeeze and Sweep)
What is the name of the process which tests the quality of the water by pooling from all water sources on the dental chair, interpreting results and logging the information in Safety Culture app?
What is Waterline Monitoring?
How often do we run the biological attest?
What is every 7 days?
Issues that would prevent a sterile pack from being placed in storage.
What are water stains, oil stains, burn marks, and rips/tears? (and parameters not met)
This is a patient safety event that reaches the patient and results in death, permanent harm or severe temporary harm
What is a sentinel event?
What information is typically included on a healthcare worker's badge?
What is name and credentials? (double sided picture and /or badge with name and credentials)
What is 15 min?
Procedure if you are approached by a visitor complaining of chest pain/difficulty breathing
What is locate the AED and call a code green?
The process for retrieving an item mid-procedure without violating infection control protocol.
What is remove your gloves, hand sanitize, retrieve the item from the closed space, hand sanitize, reglove, and barrier cover if necessary?
What is semi-critical and critical?
What are the parameters/indicators needed to ensure instruments are sterile?
What is chemical, physical (time, temp and pressure) and spore testing?
Required documentation for sedation patients?
What is H&P record, vitals, consents?
Removing the bur from the handpiece, using one handed scoop method and ___ fall under what category?
What is Sharp Safety?
What protocol ensures that hazardous materials are handled and disposed of properly to protect staff and patients?
What is Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom)
What document outlines the steps to take in case of a fire, including evacuation routes and assembly points?
What is the fire safety plan?