An unexpected occurrence involving the death or serious physical harm or psychological injury, or risk there of.
What is a sentinel event?
100
The two methods to perform hand hygiene
What is a 15 second hand washing and alcohol hand rub/form if hand are not visibly soiled.
100
Child abuse is considered for any child under the age of
What is 18?
100
Interviewing patients on admission and verifying their home medications
What is medication reconciliation?
100
Physical devices and/or chemical use imposed for the purposes of patient safety
What is a restraint?
200
Manufacturer product information regarding the personal protective equipment, fire, health, proper use, storage, disposal spill procedure and first aid for aproduct
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
200
These precaution include the use of gloves, masks, gowns, or eye protection when caring for ALL patients if there is a potential for contact with blood or body fluids
What is standard precautions?
200
Child abuse is reported to
Who is Indian Child Welfare (ICW)
200
Pharmacy maintains a list of medications that look alike or sound alike..this process is used to identify those medication...
What is TaLLmAn LeTTering?
200
Comfort measures, medication review, re-orientation of the patient, having a family member in the room, diversion activities
What are alternative to restraints?
300
Any material having properties that may cause injury or illness. Such as toxic, reactive, ignitable, or corrosive materials.
What is hazardous materials?
300
Employees contact this department for treatment, follow-up of sticks, splashes, cuts or bites.
What is Employee Health
300
An unwilling sexual advance to another that results in injury or trauma that should be reported.
What is sexual assault?
300
Medication that pose a significant risk to patients and/or have been associated with significant patient harm or death as part of a medication event are classified as
What is High Alert Medications?
300
Survey results containing patient comments regarding patient care, pain control, hospital environment, friendliness of staff and/or wait times
What is Patient Satisfaction Survey results?
400
A result that differs significantly from what was anticipated to be the result of a treatment or procedure, or an event which occurred in the course of providing healthcare.
What is an unanticipated outcome?
400
Employees contact this staff person for exposures after hours, weekend, or holidays.
Who is the House Supervisor
400
Responsibility of the first person that suspect child abuse or neglect
Who needs the healthcare person to report abuse to Indian Child Welfare?
400
A list of unsafe and dangerous abbreviations
What is "Do Not Use List"
400
Fall prevention program for eliminating all falls
What is LEAF--let's eliminate all falls
500
The departments that will participate in the disclosure of information to be shared with a patient/family with an unanticipated outcome
Who are Risk Management and/or Administration?
500
Needles, syringes, anything with a sharp edge should be disposed in
What is a sharps container?
500
Child abuse or neglect, elder abuse and or neglect, domestic violence and/or sexual assault
What is abuse?
500
An unexpected or unusual reaction to a medication at a normal dosage that is intended for treatment of a patient
What is an adverse drug reaction?
500
CMS (Centers of Medicare Services) look for examples of fraud, waste, and/or abuse...employees should report concerns regarding this to