Life Safety
515 & 911
What are the numbers to call for an emergency?
The single most effective way to prevent the transmission of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
This item should be given to all new patients to inform them about their right to be treated with respect, to be involved in decisions related to their care and that they must also treat staff with courtesy and respect.
What are the Patients’ Rights and Responsibilities?
“U”, “IU”, “QD”, & “MSO4” all appear on this list.
What is the Do Not Use abbreviation list?
This intranet tool is the best way to notify the facilities department that something is broken.
What is Facility Dude?
Notification of smoke or fire.
What is a code red?
Contact plus precautions are used when this bacteria is identified.
What is C-diff?
This is a way for patients to formally communicate what type of healthcare they want if they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or capacity and to appoint a person to make decisions on their behalf.
What is an advanced directive?
Patient, medication, dose, route, and time.
What are the five rights of medication administration?
This tells you whether a piece of equipment has been serviced recently and is safe to use.
What are PM (periodic maintenance) tags? (AKW stickers)
The resource that contains information about all chemicals used in your area.
What are the Safety Data Sheets (SDS)?
This must be cleaned after every use between patients.
What is the glucometer?
Tapping out when walking away from the WOW, verifying fax #s before sending and not discussing patient information in public areas.
What is protecting patient privacy and confidentiality?
Anticoagulants, insulin, thrombolytics, narcotics by PCA, chemo.
What are examples of High Alert medications?
Contaminated waste such as gloves, gauze or items that contain blood or other body fluids must be disposed of in these.
What is a red bag lined biohazardous waste container?
Too many of these in one fire compartment or stored in a dirty utility room or co-mingled full and empty would give us a finding.
What are oxygen cylinders (tanks)?
This infection control practice considers all patients to be possible carriers of bloodborne pathogens and requires PPE to be used when coming into contact with ALL patients’ blood, urine or other body fluids.
What are Standard (Universal) precautions?
Two ways patients are informed of their Rights and Responsibilities.
What is provided at admission and posted in various areas of the facility?
If medications on this list are given to a patient; specific precautions must be taken because these have a higher possibility of harm if given incorrectly.
What is the High Alert Medication Administration list?
These must never be blocked.
What are fire doors, exits, shut off valves and electrical panels
The Fire Marshall, Respiratory therapy, nursing supervisor/CNO.
Who can order to shut off medical gases?
Spaces in the hospital such as OR’s, SPD’s, clean and dirty utility rooms and sterile storage areas have monitoring requirements for temperature, humidity and this.
What is air pressure?
Patients learn about their privacy rights by getting this form.
What is the Notification of Privacy Rights/HIPAA form?
When a medication is dispensed to a patient the provider scans the patient and scans the medication to verify the 5 rights of medication administration.
What is Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA)?
Corridors and hallways need to be clear of clutter (WOW’s, EVS and FNS carts, VS machines) and cannot be left in the hall for more than this.
What is 30 minutes?