Potpourri
"THIS" survey happens every 3 years
What is a Joint Commission Survey?
The designated WRNMMC Patient identifiers.
What is: Full name and Date of Birth?
The acronyms for how to respond to a fire and proper fire extinguisher use.
What are RACE and PASS?
RACE: Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish/Evacuate.
PASS: Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
The maximum capacity of sharps containers.
What is no more than 3/4 full?
HAM and SALAD
What are High Alert Medications and Sound Alike Look Alike Medications?
Phone number to dial for Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest:
What is 666 for Bldgs 9, 9A, 10, and 100 (MRI) & MTU?
All other areas call 777.
From outside the facility call 295-0102.
Yearly updated goals based on emerging patient safety issues.
What are National Patient Safety Goals?
18 inches
The PPE requirements for Patient Under Investigation (PUI) or Positive COVID 19 without aerosol generating procedures?
Two unapproved abbreviations
What are:
U or u
I.U. or IU
SS
Q.D., QD, q.d., qd, or Q/D
QOD, Q.O.D, q.o.d, qod
MS, MSO4, MgSO4
T.I.W.
HRO
What is High Reliability Organization (HRO)?
5 central principles:
Preoccupation with Failure, Reluctance to Simplify, Sensitivity to Operations, Deference to Expertise, Commitment to Resilience.
Timeframe requirements for assessing and monitoring of patients in non-behavioral restraints and behavioral health restraints.
What are every two hours for non-behavioral health restraints and every 15 minutes for behavioral health restraints?
Actions in the event of a hazardous material spill?
What are check the SDS book and follow instructions; or if a major spill evacuate patients and staff away to a safe distance and Call 777?
During COVID 19 Pandemic this item of PPE may reused up 5 days if not damaged or contaminated with blood or bodily fluids.
What are Eye shields/goggles, and face shields?
Right medication, patient, dosage, route, time, reason, response, documentation
What are the 8 Rights of Medication Administration.
What are reduce handoff communication errors, medication errors, or reduce specimen handling errors?
An event that could have resulted in harm but ultimately did not reach the patient.
What is a "Near Miss" or "Good Catch"?
The requirements for call bell cords in bathrooms.
What are cords that are not tangled or knotted, and dangling freely with a minimum of 4-6 inches from the ground?
Nothing other than cleaning materials may be stored here.
What is Under Sinks?
These expire 28 days after opening.
What are multiuse injectable vials (MDV)?
The approved way to share critical patient information with a patient who does not speak fluent English.
What is the interpreter service?
This is administered if a patient is identified to be a suicide risk.
What is Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)?
The Hospital Plan designed to coordinate its communications, resources, and assets, safety, security, staff responsibilities, utilities and patient clinical and support activities during an emergency?
What is the Emergency Operation Plan (EOP) located in the orange binder.
The reason nothing should be stored on top of sharps container.
"This" goes in RX destroyer or white/red bin with blue lid.
What is non-hazardous medication waste?