Give Me a Number
The number of seconds that employees should wash their hands per hospital policy.
What is 20?
Person with a weapon/hostage situation.
What is Code Silver?
If you see a person with a weapon, an active shooter, or hear what sounds like gunshots. immediately call 911 and decide path of action: Evacuate, Shelter in Place Take action against the person with the weapon (only when your life is in imminent danger).
A tool used for planning and structuring communication about a situation, task or problem
What is SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation)?
PASS
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, & Sweep?
The process taken when a piece of equipment does not work
What is taking the equipment out of service, tagging it with an orange tag, placing a call to Biomedical Engineering.
The number of minutes that staff should allow for contact when cleaning equipment with Sani-Cloth Germicidal Wipes?
What is 3?
Severe weather
What is Code Gray?
For Tornado Warnings, close drapes/blinds/windows, have ready access to flashlights & emergency equipment, move all patients to internal corridors, close doors of unoccupied rooms.
A tool used to proactively prevent harm by respectfully questioning the source, content, or suggested action before moving forward.
What is QVV (Qualify the source, Validate the content, Verify with an expert source)?
RACE
What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Evacuate?
The Five Rights to medication administration
The number of inches that is considered the Splash Zone from the edge of a sink?
What is 10?
Bomb threat
What is Code Black?
Search own department, look for suspicious items or people but do not approach, call Protective Services, wait for instruction, evacuate as directed.
Sender states information, receiver verifies back message, and sender acknowledges response.
What is Repeat Back & Verify?
SDS (Formerly MSDS)
What is Safety Data Sheet?
The focus of the next QI project within the Urgent Cares
What are lab errors?
The number of inches from the floor that items should not be stored.
What is 6?
Hazardous material spill
What is Code Orange?
For large internal spills, begin RIN procedure (Recognize, Isolate, Notify), call 23333
Don't proceed in the face of uncertainty and pursue resolution
Stop and Resolve
QIS
What is Quality Improvement Services?
The three categories of Safety Events
What are:
Serious Safety Event (reaches the patient followed by moderate to severe harm or death)
Precursor Safety Event (reaches the patient followed by minimal or no detectable harm)
Near Miss Safety Event (does not reach the patient)
The number of inches from the ceiling/sprinklers where items should not be stored.
What is 18?
Mass Trauma
What is Code Yellow?
Report availability to work to manager, assess area's ability to discharge/admit patients, if called in report to usual work area.
Self-checking technique to prevent errors during routine tasks. Pause before a safety-critical action.
What is STAR (Stop, Think, Act, Review)?
NPSG
What are National Patient Safety Goals?
A National Patient Safety Goal from Joint Commission
What is (any of the following):
2 patient identifiers when providing care/treatment/services: Name & MRN
Report critical results of tests and diagnostic procedures in a timely basis
Label all medications, medication containers, and other solutions
Maintain and communicate accurate patient medication information
Improve the Safety of Clinical Alarm System
Infection Prevention
Prevent health care-associated infections
Implement evidence based practices to prevent central line infections/surgical infections/catheter infections
Identify patients at risk for suicide
Mark procedure site/time out