Environment of Care
As of this year, this activity is not allowed on hospital grounds.
What is cigarette smoking or vaping?
This is the single most effective way to prevent transmission of infection.
What is Hand Hygiene?
This is used by providers to document medications that patients take on an ongoing basis.
What is the medication history?
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What is 3E SDS?
Gloves, gowns, masks, eye shields and face shields are all examples of this.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
This clinical care process involves finding out what medications a patient is taking, comparing them to what has been taken in the past, documenting any changes, and checking for safety issues.
What is Medication Reconciliation?
It tells you whether a piece of patient equipment has been serviced recently, and is safe to use during patient care.
What is an Biomedical Services sticker?
This is the best way to find out how a device should be used for patient care.
What are manufacturer's instructions for use?
This infection control practice considers all patients to be possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens, and requires PPE to be used when coming into contact with ALL patients blood, urine, or other body fluids.
What are Universal Precautions?
“U”, “IU” and “QD” all appear on this list.
What is the “Do not Use” Abbreviation List?
Clinic staff keep their emergency response skills sharp through these excercises done each quarter.
What are Fire Drills?
This is where all critical equipment, such as refrigerators or anesthesia machines, must be plugged in.
What are Red Plugs?
All of these, with the exception of vaccines, must be disposed of after 28 days after opening.
What are multi-use vials?
IUD insertion, tooth extractions, incision and drainage, and root canals are all examples of procedures that require obtaining this from the patient before the procedure is performed.
What is informed consent?
When a medication is dispensed to a patient, the nurse verifies that it is the correct medication, verifies the patient identity by asking the patient name and date of birth and checks the medication and patient once again by:
What is "scanning the patient wristband and medication barcodes"?
Doing this process before starting a patient procedure is important to identify any missing information, and prevent errors.
What is a time-out?
This type of safety exercise prepares staff to keep employees, patients and visitors safe in the case of loss of power, earthquake, or other unexpected events.
What are emergency or disaster drills?
This process should be used to clean and disinfect surfaces after every patient discharge.
What is terminal cleaning
This is a way for patients to formally communicate what type of healthcare they want if they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity, and to appoint a person to make such decisions on their behalf.
What is an Advance Directive?
This term is defined as “the procedures, actions, and processes that a medical professional is licensed to perform”.
What is the “scope of practice”