Infection Control
The hand hygiene practice module we follow at Gundersen.
What is World Health Organization's "My 5 Moments"
The two patient identifiers.
What is patient's name and date of birth?
LASA is the acronym for this.
What is look-alike sound-alike?
All fields must be completed including date and time on all signatures. Ensure handwriting is legible. Witness name is written.
What are the required elements when signing a Permission for Procedure form?
This is where you can find the documentation of a nursing assessment in Epic.
What are profiles, flow sheets, or notes?
What is the wet time for Oxivir wipes?
The maximum length of time available to report a critical lab result.
What is one hour?
This is the first step when a medication error or adverse drug reaction occurs.
What is ensure the patient is safe/stabilized?
When operating a fire extinguisher, what does the acronym PASS mean?
Always use this when assessing for abuse in a non-English speaking patient.
What is a hospital interpreter?
The two tiers of precautions observed at Gundersen.
What is Standard and Transmission-based.
This is performed with each clinic, emergency services/urgent care encounter, or hospital admission.
What is medication history?
Once opened, a multi-dose vial is labeled with a beyond-use date of this.
What is 28 days from today?
This is where you can find Safety Data Sheets for chemicals.
What is Gladiator/A-Z Resources/MSDS Online?
The physician must examine a patient within this time frame after initiation of a violent or chemical restraint.
What is one hour?
MDRO is the acronym for this.
What is Multi-Drug Resistant Organism?
These are the three elements of Universal Protocol.
What are pre-procedure verification, site marking, and time out?
This professional must inspect the inpatient's own home medications for acceptable and continued use before allowed.
What is a pharmacist?
These people are authorized to turn off medical gas valves in an emergency.
Who are La Crosse Fire Department, Security, Facility Operations, or Respiratory Therapy?
This must be included in the order for a restraint.
What are criteria for application of restraint, type of restraint, time limit, physician signature, and discontinuation criteria?
The 5 moments for performing hand hygiene.
What is: Before patient contact, Before an aseptic task, After body fluid exposure risk, After patient contact, & After contact with patient surroundings.
The C-SSRS and PHQ2/PHQ4 and PHQ9 are used to assess for this.
What is risk for suicide?
This must always be locked with not in use.
What is a controlled substance?
A.L.I.C.E. is the acronym for this.
What is Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate?
The patient's this must be individualized.
What is plan of care?