1. The Safe Environment
2. Mixed Pot
3. A Climate of Comfort and Safety
4. High-Rise Readiness
5. Trivia
100

Suicide is now the __th leading cause of death in the United States.

What is 10?

100
This edition of EOC News discussed TJC changes in Life Safety and __ Standards
What is EC?
100
Required activities and associated frequencies for maintaining, inspecting, and testing of utility systems components completed in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations must have a ___% completion rate.
What is 100%?
100
High-rise building safety has become a priority, largely due to high-profile incidents like 9/11 and the ________ City bombing in 1995.
What is Oklahoma
100
73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men; only __% are women.
What is 27?
200

One of the most common methods of suicide in a health care setting is _______.

What is hanging?

200
Recent TJC Standard revisions address topics such as testing of emergency lighting systems and inspection and testing of piped medical gas and vacuum systems. As part of these revisions, The Joint Commission has added more specificity to existing EPs and updated pertinent ____ code numbering in references.
What is NFPA?
200
Why do correct temperature, humidity, and pressure matter more in operating rooms, patient rooms, and sterile equipment storage areas than other places? “Because maintaining patient and staff comfort are key,” says Kenneth A. Monroe, senior director of engineering for The Joint Commission. “Also, _________ control is a significant issue to monitor.”
What is infection ?
200
The multiple floors in high-rise buildings often present unique ____ safety challenges that require detailed evacuation strategies, increased egress times and distances, smoke and fire control, and fire department accessibility methods that aren’t used in traditional low-rise buildings.
What is fire?
200
H_______, the famous card company, makes over 1,330 different cards for Valentine’s Day.
What is Hallmark?
300

Doors commonly create ligature risks. A patient room typically has two doors: one leading into the room from the hallway and another leading from the room into a bathroom. These doors must use features—such as hinges, handles, and locking mechanisms—that do not pose ________ risks.

What is ligature?

300

Many organizations struggle to comply with some of the standards that address pressure, temperature, and humidity, including the following examples: • EC.02.05.01: Surveyors cited 73% noncompliance with this standard in the first half of 2017, up from 56% in 2016. —EP 15: Surveyors cited 38% noncompliance. What is the requirement of EP15?

What is " In critical care areas designed to control airborne contaminants (such as biological agents, gases, fumes, dust), the ventilation system provides appropriate pressure relationships, air-exchange rates, filtration efficiencies, temperature and humidity."

300
Complying with essential Joint Commission standards and related elements of performance (EPs) that pertain to these issues and following effective recommendations can reduce your risks, improve comfort and safety for building occupants, and prevent survey _________.
What is citations?
300
In the five-year span 2009 through 20__, US fire departments responded to an estimated average of 14,500 reported structure fires in high-rise buildings per year, according to a 2016 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) report. These fires caused an average of 40 civilian deaths, 520 civilian injuries, and $154 million in direct property damage per year.
What is 13?
300
What make/model car is this? Double points if you know Make/Model AND Year...But double points deducted if wrong!
What is 1972 Honda Civic?
400
Organizations must use solid ceilings in both bathrooms and ________ of inpatient psychiatric units and other areas designated for treatment of psychiatric patients. Drop ceilings are not acceptable in these areas, as a ligature may be looped over the supports. Items above a drop ceiling may pose risks as well.
What is bedrooms?
400
Many organizations struggle to comply with some of the standards that address pressure, temperature, and humidity, including the following examples: • EC.02.06.01: Surveyors cited 68% noncompliance in 2017, up from 66% in 2016. What is the requirement of EC.02.06.01?
What is "The hospital establishes and maintains a safe, functional environment. Note: The environment is constructed, arranged, and maintained to foster patient safety, provide facilities for diagnosis and treatment, and provide for special services appropriate to the needs of the community. "
400
"Hidden away in the ductwork above and within your facility’s walls is an invisible t_____ that can put building occupants at risk: the conditioned air, humidity, and pressure generated by your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. "
What is threat?
400
NFPA 101: Life Safety Code®* defines a high-rise as a “building where the floor of the occupiable story is greater than __ft (23 m) above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.”
What is 75?
400
A group of penguins on land is called a W_____.
What is a waddle?
500
"If the organization must keep the patient in the main area of the emergency department, staff should initiate continuous one-on-one monitoring and remove all easily movable objects that are not necessary for treatment and that could pose a ____ for self-harm. "
What is risk?
500
The newest homeowner in the Facilities Department.  
What is Gary Crist!  Congratulations Gary !
500
Resolve out-of-range issues promptly. “Our surveyors are often finding that, although organizations have robust monitoring in place, they’re not providing proper follow-up when the temperature, pressure, or humidity readings are out of __________ range,”."
What is acceptable
500
In 2009, NFPA 101 was updated to require all high-rise buildings designed and constructed prior to the requirements to be fully ___________.
What is sprinklered?
500
1,000,000,000,000,000.
What is quadrillion?
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