Joint Commission Trivia

Environment of Care

100

This is how often safety education must be provided

What is monthly?

200

This includes procedures to provide safe and orderly evacuation of patients, visitors and Coworkers in the event of a disaster 

What is the Emergency Response Guide?

300

This tool is the best way to notify Healthcare Technologies Management that something is broken or unsafe.

What is the Maintenance Request Form on Baggot St.?

400

This acronym is used to help remember the steps in case of a fire

What is RACE?

500

You would move ___________then _________when evacuating from a fire.

What is horizontal and vertical?

Infection Control

100

This is the single most effective way to prevent transmission of infection.

What is Handwashing?

200

Gloves, gowns, masks, eye shields and face shields are all examples of this.

What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?

300

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?

400

All of these, with the exception of vaccines, must be disposed of after 28 days after opening.

What are multi-use vials?

500

This is the drying time of the clear purple top wipes

What is 1 minute?

Patient Rights

100

Patients learn about their privacy rights by getting “hip” to this form.

What is the Patient Notification of Privacy Rights/HIPAA form?

200

This is done to protect patient's privacy and confidentiality

What is never leaving computer screens accessible to unauthorized people?

300

Before we provide any type of care to patients, patients must read and sign this document at the time of their first visit, and annually from then on.

What is the Physician Service Agreement?

400

This is something we must fill out when a patient falls either here or at home

What is the fall risk assessment?

500

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?

Potluck

100

Safety, Accountablility & Feedback for Everyone

What is SAFE?

200

VRI

What is Video Remote Interpreting?

300

Only respond to the questions asked of you

Be confident when speaking 

Ask for clarification

Don't guess or make up an answer

What is how to answer a Surveyor's questions?

400

The number one sentinel event reported by The Joint Commission

What is falls? 

500

This is the drying time of the purple top wipes

What is 2 minutes?

2025 National Patient Safety Goals

100

This improves the accuracy of patient identification.

What are 2 patient identifiers?

200

3 ways to prevent infection

What is hand hygiene, clean equipment between patient use and observe isolation precautions?

300

This is the way to contact the National Mental Health Emergency Hotline

What is 988?

400

Time to report critical lab results

What is 30 minutes?

500

Name 3 ways to maintain a patient's privacy and confidentiality 

What are:

Logging out when you leave a computer

Adjust computer screens so they can't be viewed by unauthorized people

Utilize the PHI form to determine who you can speak to