Safety 1st
National Patient Safety Goals
Environmentally Speaking
JC 101
Safe Surgery
100
This is the online system used to report patient and visitor injuries or adverse events, including potential events (near miss).
What is the Online Incident report?
100
According to the NPSG name the 2 patient identifiers that must be used when administering medication or blood products.
What are Name and Date of Birth?
100
This term defines our physical surroundings, i.e. the clinic, office, or hospital site in which we work.
What is Environment of Care (EOC)?
100
The JC monitors hospitals through Core Measures. Name one of the core measures at BEMC.
What is Acute MI, Pneumonia, Heart Failure, SCIP or VTE.
100
In the OR these items must be kept locked or under constant observation at all time.
What are all medications including anesthesia drugs?
200
This emergency code is used for reporting bomb threats.
What is code yellow?
200
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!!!! How much food does an average US resident eat in a lifetime? A. 25,000 pounds B. 10 tons? C. 50 tons? D. 175 tons?
What is C. 50 tons?
200
This term describes the services provided at each site, the patient population served, location, and operating hours.
What is Scope of Service?
200
SCIP is an acronym for this.
What is Surgical Care Improvement Project.
200
This must be used on all procedures that utilize laps and raytecs.
What is a sponge counter?
300
Any concerns about patient safety or the quality of care must be shared with the manager, HR, or this reporting system?
What is the ComplyLine? The ComplyLine can be reached by calling (888) 747-7989
300
The is the process in which the correct patient, correct procedure, correct site, correct patient position and availability of implants or special equipment is confirmed through pre-operative verification. It includes site marking and conducting a final time out immediately prior to an invasive procedure.
What is Universal Protocol?
300
These are substances that pose a health risk or physical hazard.
What are Hazardous Materials?
300
This is a list of Joint Commission identified safety requirements which highlight problematic areas in health care and describe evidence and expert-based solutions. A new list is published annually.
What is National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)?
300
Besides verfication of paperwork with anesthesia this must be done prior to moving the patient to the operating table.
What is introduce the patient to the surgical team.
400
This term refers to test values (laboratory, cardiology, radiology) which are defined by individual health care organizations and will typically include stat tests, panic value reports and other results which require urgent response.
What are Critical Values?
400
The terms OD, OS, Q.O.D. and Q.D. are examples of this.
What are Prohibited or "Do Not Use" Abbreviations?
400
This information is located on the BEMC intranet. Each sheet describes in detail the chemical makeup and how to treat an exposure to the hazardous material we have on site. Cleaning solutions are a common item. It is commonly known by the acronym MSDS.
What are Material Safety Data Sheets?
400
This is Banner's Mission Statement.
What is "We exist to make a different in people's lives through excellent patient care"?
400
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!!! In the 19th century in Egypt, millions of these were used for fuel for locomotives.
What are human mummies?
500
This is an unexpected occurrence involving death, serious physical or psychological injury, or risk thereof.
What is a Setinel Event?
500
According to the NPSG these three practices can reduce the of health- care associated infections.
What is improving Hand Hygene, implement best practices to prevent Central Line Associated infection, and implement best practices to prevent surgical site infections?
500
The presence of this, located on a piece of medical equipment, ensures that it is safe for patient use.
What is a Biomed Asset Tag or current TSP sticker?
500
This is the collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to the continuous study and improvement of the processes of providing health care services to meet the needs of consumers and others. Example: eTicket to Ride, Periop Handoff sheet
What is Process Improvement?
500
True or False: During the Time Out the nurse does not need to read all of the "possibles" from the consent but is required to read the exact primary procedure.
False
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