Environmental Safety & PCA / Sedation
The sedation scale used to prevent opioid‑induced respiratory depression.
What is POSS?
Equipment must be visibly this before disinfection occurs.
What is clean?
Equipment with this label should be treated as dirty even if visibly clean.
What is a “soiled” tag?
These items must be discarded after one patient use.
What are single‑use items?
All medication orders must be entered directly into this system.
What is the electronic medical record (EMR)?
After initiating PCA therapy, monitoring occurs hourly for this long.
What are the first four hours?
The validated instructions that must always be followed when cleaning equipment.
What are Instructions for Use (IFUs)?
Clean items should never be stored in this type of utility room.
What is a soiled utility room?
This commonly reused item should never be shared between patients.
What is Coban or paper tape?
Giving two medications for the same indication without parameters is called this.
What is duplicate therapy?
PCA settings that must always be verified before use.
What are medication, concentration, lockout, and limits?
This comes first before disinfecting patient care equipment.
What is cleaning?
This piece of equipment must be disinfected before being placed in clean storage after patient use.
What is a bladder scanner?
This is the correct action for disposable stethoscopes.
What is using them for one patient only?
If a medication refrigerator alarms, staff must follow this process.
What is the unit‑based escalation process?
Eyewash stations must be activated this often to ensure functionality.
What is weekly?
The database where IFUs can be found.
What is OneSource?
If an item is used on a patient and not reprocessed, it should not be placed here.
What is a clean storage area?
This item from suture removal kits must not be reused.
What are scissors?
Pill crushers must be cleaned after this frequency.
What is every use?
PCA documentation must be recorded in this flowsheet every four hours.
This must be allowed to fully expire to ensure effective disinfection.
What is disinfectant contact time?
Storing dirty items in clean spaces creates this major risk.
What is infection or cross‑contamination?
Reusing single‑use items increases this specific patient risk.
What is healthcare‑associated infection?
Before giving narcotics, these must match the order and patient condition.
What are the prescribed parameters?