Infection Control
Used to prevent the spread of disease and infection between and among patients and staff, regardless of diagnosis or presumed infection status.
What are standard precautions?
We should only order enough supplies to last a patient this length of time.
What is two weeks?
This is left with patients so they can work on their treatment plan when we are not there.
What is the home exercise program?
These are considered your 5 rights of medications.
What are the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, right time and right route.
Fill this out to recognize a co-worker for going above and beyond!
What is a Kudos?
This is cleaned at the beginning and end of every visit.
What is the tablet?
An RN must assess an infected wound at least this often.
What is weekly?
This is how often a patient must have a reassessment.
What is every 30 days?
Cephalexin, aspirin, glipizide and tramadol are all examples of what LHC considers this type of medication.
What is a high risk medication?
This can be used to assist in decreasing your documentation time, and giving your fingers a break.
What is NVOQ?
Rolled gauze is an example of a item that would be kept in this area of your bag.
What is the sterile, non-reusable items area?
A wound care measurement must consist of these 3 things in this particular order.
What are length, width and depth?
This program was designed for patients who struggle with incontinence.
What is the roll for control program?
A new one of these is needed if a patient starts a new OTC or discontinues one of their medications.
What is a doctor's order?
A home health aid supervisory visit must be completed at least this often.
What is every 14 days?
An adequate alcohol-based hand sanitizer must consist of this much ethanol or isopropanol.
What is 60-95%?
A wound bandage that is properly labeled will include these three things.
What are initials, date and time?
This assessment is used to determine the patients attention, orientation and ability to register and recall new information.
What is the BIMS, or Brief Interview for Mental Status, assessment?
The SHP survey asks the patient if we taught on these three specifics about their medications.
What are the purpose of their meds, when to take their meds, and the side effects of their meds?
Patient satisfaction surveys are mailed out around this time each month.
What is the 15th-18th of the month?
This is the minimum pairs of gloves needed to perform wound care.
What is 4?
Alginate is an example of this type of dressing, as opposed to a foam dressing.
What is a primary dressing?
This test assesses the likelihood of falling in older adults, especially those with vestibular impairments.
What is the Dynamic Gait Index (DGI)?
A complete drug regimen review includes a review of all five of these components.
What are ineffective drug therapy, significant drug interactions, significant side effects, duplicative therapy, and non-compliance with therapy.
A visit note must demonstrate that the skill performed is both of these things in order to bill.
What is reasonable and medically necessary?