Life Safety and Environment
In areas that have sprinklers installed we need this many inches of clearance below the sprinkler head.
What is 18?
This priority includes standards for antimicrobial stewardship, catheter-associated UTI, and central-line infections.
What is Infection Prevention?
All foods, irrespective of temperture, must be discarded after _____ hours of holding/ service time.
4 Hours
The hospital must undergo an on-site survey at least every ____ year(s).
What is 3?
PI stands for this when naming standards.
What is Performance Improvement?
All staff should be wearing ID badges above what level of their person?
What is the waist?
The Joint Commission standards overall focus is on this.
What is patient safety and/or quality?
What should you do if you find a dented can in the dry supply storage area?
Place in an designated bin or shelve, that is clearly labeled "Dented Cans Only" for clear seperation.
For fire safety, what actions does RACE stand for?
Rescue, alarm, contain, evacuate or extinguish
What is the correct way to adhere a flyer or announcement?
Any paper needs to be in plastic, and adhered to the wall with 3M adhesive (tape is not allowed)
In case of a fire evacuation, what are the general steps to safely evacuate?
We follow RACE, defend in place and follow the guidance of emergency leaders if evacuation is needed.
__________ preparedness is defined as "a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action in an effort to ensure coordination during incident response".
What is emergency?
What is required to be done when cross-contamination has occurred?
STOP THE LINE
The Joint Commission site visit is called this.
What is a survey?
What is proper storage for cleaning chemicals?
Chemicals should be stored in a designated area separate from food, utensils, and food-contact surfaces. An ideal solution is a dedicated closet or room.
This fire extinguisher is used for grease fires
Class "K" fire extinguisher.
This is an act or threat occurring at the workplace that can include verbal, nonverbal, written, or physical aggression.
What is workplace violence?
What is the process to ensure refrigerators and freezers are being maintained at the appropriate temperature?
Daily Tempertaure Monitoring. The Aeroscout Temperature Monitoring System, is what Food and Nutrition Services utilizes.
During a survey, surveyors select patient at _______, and use their medical records as a roadmap to evaluate standard compliance.
What is random?
What should be done with broken equipment?
Equipment should be taken out of service and a ticket placed for repair to 3-5000.
EC.02.03.01 requires a written fire response plan and must include how to use a fire extinguisher. PASS stands for this.
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep?
Are food and drink allowed to be in non assigned kitchen areas (Under Prep Table)?
No
This many identifiers are needed at minimum to verify patient identity.
What is two?
Joint Commission can take up to two _____ to render their decision after a survey.
What is months?
What is proper storage for oxygen tanks?
Tanks are be placed in their proper holder, off the floor