Environment of Care
How many Oxygen Cylinders can be a room?
What is 12?
When can a fire rated door be propped open?
What is never?
If you see a fire door propped open, please remove the item propping open the door immediately.
When is it appropriate to wear PPE such as gloves, gowns, mask, goggles, bouffant caps, and shoe covers outside of a patient care area.
What is never.
With the exception of transporting a patient with a Special Pathogen or High Consequence Infectious Disease.
What is our current practice for patient's own medications?
What is sent to security?
What is the first thing you do when you hear that the Joint Commission surveyors are in the facility?
What is initiate the daily sweep checklist
What is the maximum amount of signage allowed on a fire door?
What is 5% of the surface area?
How are you allowed to leave a fire-rated door held open?
What is with a magnet that automatically releases the door in a fire.
What is the appropriate location for eating and drinking in patient care areas?
What are the Hydration Station and the break room.
Is the top of WOWs an appropriate location to secure medications?
What is no.
What is the correct thing to say when you do not know the answer to a surveyor's question?
What is, I will find someone to answer that question.
When are you required to verify air pressure relations?
What is prior to use. And daily while in use.
What does the "A" is race stand for?
What is activate the alarm by pulling the nearest pull station and calling *77777 to inform the operator of the location of the fire.
What PPE is required when using PreKlenz for Point of Use cleaning of surgical instruments?
What are gloves and safety goggles.
What is our current practice for expired medications?
What is; routinely removed from the Pyxis and placed in black bins (Hazardous materials bin). Expired meds that are controls are placed in medication disposal for destruction.
If a patient does not speak English, is it appropriate for a staff member who speaks the same language to be an interpreter?
What is no.
The delivery of qualified language services will be conducted with the use of Cultural Link/ Language Line.
What items are allowed to be in the corridors?
What are Isolation carts, crash carts, and patient Transporation equipment.
During a fire why do we close all doors?
What is to contain the smoke and heat of the fire.
What is the current practice for glucometer cleaning and disinfecting?
What is a two-step process using 1 sani-wipe for 1 minute for cleaning and 1 sani-wipe for 1 minute for disinfecting. A minimum of 3 horizontal and 3 vertical wipes for cleaning and for disinfecting. Including the sides and the back of the glucometer.
What competency is required for a Food and Nutrition employee performing dishwashing procedures.
What is pot washing sanitation sink competency?
Who will the surveyors mainly direct questions to?
Who is the staff providing care or services for what is being evaluated.
How how often are your air pressure relations required to be certified?
What is annually.
What five questions are inspections required each time during an inspection?
What is; what do you do during a fire {RACE, how do you use a fire extinguisher (PASS), where is your nearest pull station (every exit), where is your smoke boundaries (the doors that automatically close), who can isolate medical gas (clinical nurse coordinator, /charge nurse or respiratory therapy)
Who can demonstrate the steps of glucometer cleaning and disinfection?
Who is a nurse leader who is responsible for implementing the glucometer cleaning huddle card.
When can a pain medication be administered at a higher dose than the patient's stated pain scale?
What is, upon patient request for the higher dose and physician approval is obtained.
What is the time-frame requirement for critical lab value reporting/communication?
What is within thirty minutes.