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, date of birth, or medical record number?
LASA is the acronym for this.
What is look-alike sound-alike?
What is the red binder?
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 increased reaction time when hearing multiple nuisance alarms.
What is alarm fatigue?
This is the first step when a medication error or adverse drug reaction occurs.
What is ensure the patient is safe/stabilized?
This type of evacuation calls for patient to be moved to an adjacent area of the same floor separated by a fire door.
What is horizontal?
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?
The length of time allowed for reassessment after administering a PRN pain medication.
What is within 4 hours?
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?
A high-alert medication requires this administration safety strategy.
What is dual RN signoff?
What is Rescue/Remove people, Activate alarm, Close doors/Call 911, Evacuate/Extinguish?
The patient's this must be individualized.
What is plan of care?