Leadership
"Promote health and wellness through the delivery of innovative high quality patient care."
What is our Mission Statement?
Interdisciplinary process that requires any medication ordered for the patient, whether now or for later use, be reviewed and compared against the "home list" for concerns including but not limited to omissions, duplications, and potential drug interactions.
What is Medication Reconcilliation
Mandatory education, competencies, and training, are provided through these methods
What is Orientation, Healthstream and Annual Skills Fair
Hospital contact for infection control surveillance
Who is Brenda Rivera
Human bodily fluids are disposed in this bin
Red biohazard bin
Patients and families are given surveys to evaluate their experience at our facility
What is how we measure patient satisfaction?
The process used before any medication is administered
2 PT Identifiers; name and date of birth
System used to report an adverse event, near miss, or patient safety event
Midas
Most important task to prevent spreading of infections
What is handwashing?
Oxygen tanks that are empty or <1000 PSI are stored in racks in this location
Dirty Utility Room
This is located on the intranet, and helps guide and instruct personnel regarding patient care, treatment and services.
What is our Policy and Procedure Manuel?
Prior to drawing up medication you must do this aseptic technique before accessing the vial
Clean the top of the vial with alcohol prep pad
The name of our Chief Compliance Officer?
Ronda Sanchez
The two methods used to clean your hands
What is hand sanitizer and soap and water
Acronym used when extinguishing a fire
PASS; Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
Data collected is assessed and utilized to improve performance and outcomes.
What is Performance Improvement (PI)?
Or Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI)?
The right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, and the right time.
What is the 5 rights of medication administration
Integrated survey of Safety, Communication, Organizational Reliability, Physician & Employee Burnout and Engagement.
What is SCORE Survey
The process of wiping down our equipment after every use
Low level disinfection
The four steps to follow in a fire emergency include removing individuals from the room, calling for help, closing doors and getting away from the area.
What is R.A.C.E.?
What are the 5 elements that make up the Blue Star Culture or our Values Statement?
What is Excellent Service, Clinical Quality & Patient Safety, Best People, Caring Culture, Resource Stewardship
The act of ensuring all medications are never left unattended and area always locked up
Medication Security
Core values and behaviors that come about when there is a collective and continuous commitment by organizational leadership, managers and health care workers to emphasize safety over competing goals
What is a Culture of Safety
The contact time for the Super Sani-Cloth
What is 2 minutes
Objects stored in this area, that restrict staff and patient movement in both normal and emergency situations
What is Means of Egress or exit path that occupants may use to safely exit a building