Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is HIPPA?
100
This is the single most effective way to prevent transmission of infection.
What is Handwashing?
100
The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals
What is to improve patient safety?
100
At University of Rochester Medical Center, smoking is allowed...
What is in designated areas only?
100
This term refers to both a living will and durable power of attorney.
What is Advance Directive?
200
Surveyors analyze a hospital's systems by following individual patients through their hospitalization, evaluating multiple care units, departments, and services rendered to patient.
What is a Tracer?
200
This type of isolation is used for patients with C-Diff.
What is contact isolation?
200
u, qd, od, qid, qod, ms
What are unapproved abbreviations?
200
R.A.C.E stands for...
Rescue, Active, Confine, Evacuate/Extinguish
200
True or False...A minor can translate for a parent if the minor is 13 yrs old, clearly fluent in both languages and the parent consents to using the minor as the interpreter.
What is FALSE!
300
An unexpected occurrence involving death, serious physical or psychological injury or risk thereof.
What is a Sentinel or Adverse Event?
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?
300
Name and date of birth
What are two patient identifiers?
300
They contain information about all chemicals and hazardous substances that we have on site.
What are Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
300
The fifth vital sign that we document on all patients
What is pain score?
400
During the Joint Commission Survey, the surveyors will talk primarily to A) Hospital Administrators B) The doctors, nurses and staff C) The patients
B - Doctors, Nurses and Staff!
400
This medication is good for 28 days once opened and is the only multi-dose vial medication we use.
What is insulin?
400
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
400
This term defines our physical surroundings.
What is Environment of Care (EOC)?
400
This term defines the procedures, actions, and processes that a medical professional is licensed to preform.
What is scope of practice?
500
Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
What does JCAHO stand for?
500
Gloves, gowns, masks, eye shields and face shields are examples of...
What is PPE - Personal Protective Equipment?
500
This is the online system used to report patient injuries, adverse events and potential events (near misses)
What is RL Solutions?
500
This is how often a fire drill must be conducted each year.
What is twice?
500
This should be given to all new patients to inform them about their right to be treated with respect, to be involved in decisions related to their care, and that they must also treat our staff with courtesy and respect.
What is the Patient's Rights and Responsibilities?