Environment/Safety
Rules, Rules & More Rules
Good To Know
I Should Know This
Hodge Podge - What surveyors may ask me
100

In the halls, you can't park carts, or computers in front of these.

What are Electrical panels, fire extinguishers or medical gas?

100

Surveyors will assess SJB's compliance with CMS regulations & DNV NIAHO standards. 

What is a DNV survey?


100

Database used to store Hospital Policies.

What is PolicyStat?

100

Department specific continuous study to improve a process, with a goal to improve outcomes & decrease/prevent unexpected events.  

What is Department Quality Performance Improvement?  What is your department collecting data on and how are you doing????

100

The time it takes a cleaner to kill germs on a surface.

What is cleaner dwell time?

200

Drinks on computers, at a nursing station or in an empty room that can be used for a procedure.

What is an Infection Prevention citation?  OSHA regulation.

200

Patient information on an unlocked computer screen.

What is a potential HIPAA violation & survey citation?  If a family member walking by can see patient information, it would be a citation.


200

1. Using proper patient ID.

2. 5 rights for medication

3. Fall prevention

4. Time outs for procedures

5. Proper cleaning of patient rooms & equipment.

What is patient safety?

200

Focus for 2020 accreditation survey.

What is Infection Prevention?

200

Explain how I provide care, follow SJB/Covenant policies, answer the question asked and only the question asked, know resources if you can't answer the question.  

What is my job during the survey?

300

Your role in the Emergency Management Plan.

What is know what the Color Codes, RACE & PASS?

300

Hospitals can lose this if NOT compliant with CMS Conditions of Participation regulations.

What is hospital license (& CMS reimbursement)?

300

Customer focus

Leadership involvement

Process approach & consistency

Engagement of people

Continuous improvement  

What is the goal of ISO 9001?

300

Best way to prevent the spread of infection.

What is hand hygiene?

300

Your resources to use when surveyor asks you a question you don't know the answer.

What is rephrase question, Policy Stat & Chain of Command?

400

Refrigerator or blanket warmer is out of range.

What is document it was out of range and what you did to resolve it?   Follow through on getting it resolved.


400

Additional Quality Management System Standards adopted by DNV.

What is ISO 9001?

400

Surveyor identifies staff/providers are not following policies.

What is survey citation?

400

Reason that DNV conducts annual surveys in the years between accreditation years.

What is continuous readiness?

400

Process to properly ID a patient.

What is patient name and DOB?

500

Frequency code carts must be checked.

What is daily when the unit is open?  If not open on a day - write closed on the log.

500

Say what you do, do what you say, prove it, improve it.

What is the ISO Creed?

500

Right thing to do

Patients (Customers) come back

Negative Customer feedback results affects reimbursement $$

What is Customer/Patient Satisfaction?

500

State requirement - Something I must wear everyday (besides clothes & shoes!)

What is a SJB/Covenant name badge?

500

Only having access to the most recent version of a document.

What ISO 9001 document control?  Policies = PolicyStat


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