Talking to Surveyor
How would you respond to a fire.
Follow RACE and PASS and refer to our work unit fire emergency plan located on check-in desk.
One of the strongest messages to convey during a survey is that the department promotes this.
What is a culture of safety and continuous improvement.
These should always remain clear and unobstructed.
Hallways and exits.
How would you respond to a medical emergency?
What is call 911, indicate type of emergency, location, name, and call back number.
Do this before and after donning gloves.
What is hand hygiene?
This is how to identify a patient.
What is ask for 2 identifiers (name and DOB)
How we handle faulty equipment.
What is remove from service immediately and submit help ticket.
The location of the closest pull station.
What is on the wall, in the physician's area, inside the door, closest to the alcove.
The minimum length of time to wash your hands.
What is 15 seconds.
The single most important practice to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
Where to report a safety concern.
What is the environmental health and occupational safety - FLA site on the intranet for patient/employee and workplace violence concerns.
This is the amount of fullness the red sharps container should be emptied.
What is 3/4 full?
What is the department emergency preparedness plan on the intranet or work unit plan printed out on the check-in desk.
You do this before and after every patient interaction.
What is hand hygiene.
The appropriate disposal method for acetone/alcohol.
What is utilizing the acetone/alcohol waste container in the room shared with AIC and putting dirty containers in the dirty location until cleaned for reuse.
How we answer when asked where our cleaning and disinfection procedures are located.
What is locate and explain the applicable policy/procedure.
Place where preventive maintenance and safety checks on equipment are documented.
What is the clinical device database on HTM site for safety checks and our work unit equipment database on teams.
These are the locations of the three closest fire extinguishers to our tech space in the lab.
What is By AIC shared room in tech space, by doors leading to hospital corridor outside the backroom to the scheduling desk, and down the hallway between Pain Med and the CNP Lab.
This is an important process that occurs in which the patient's identity is verified, correct procedure is confirmed, and all needed information is obtained prior to beginning any procedure.
What is Time-Out Process.
How our lab handles a power outage.
What is follow the work unit's downtime and emergency procedure located in the yellow downtime bin.