Infection Control
This is the practice of regularly cleaning hands to prevent the spread of infection.
What is hand hygiene?
A written plan that details how the facility will manage emergencies, such as fires or natural disasters, is called:
What is the emergency operations plan?
This document ensures that residents in long-term care facilities are informed of their rights.
What is the Resident Bill of Rights?
This term refers to care that meets the resident's highest level of functioning, as determined by their individualized needs.
What is person-centered care?
This is the term for the official review conducted by state or federal agencies to assess whether a long-term care facility is complying with regulatory standards.
What is a survey or survey process?
The term for when a facility isolates residents with contagious diseases to prevent the spread of infection.
What is isolation?
These types of emergencies must be planned for in long-term care facilities, including hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes.
What are natural disasters?
This document must be signed by a resident or their legal representative to ensure that the facility can release their personal health information to outside entities.
What is an Authorization for Release of Information?
A common quality indicator for assessing whether residents are receiving adequate hydration and nutrition.
What is weight loss or dehydration?
This set of documents includes a variety of policies, procedures, and records that the survey team will review during their visit.
What are records and documentation?
When caring for a resident with an infection that can be spread by contact with skin or surfaces, this type of isolation precaution is implemented.
What are contact precautions?
During an emergency, this key piece of equipment must be available for monitoring vital signs and providing necessary treatment to residents.
What is an automated external defibrillator (AED)?
The process by which a facility must obtain permission from a resident or their legal representative before providing care or treatments is called:
What is informed consent?
This process involves ensuring that residents have a care plan that is updated and reflects their needs.
What is care planning?
Surveyors spend time observing staff members interacting with residents, looking for signs of abuse, neglect, or poor care practices.
What is staff observation?
To reduce the spread of infection, these should be provided to staff and residents as personal protective equipment.
What are gloves, masks, gowns, and eye protection(PPE)?
In the event of an evacuation, this type of facility document must be up-to-date to ensure proper care and relocation of residents.
What is the Resident Emergency Information (or Resident Evacuation Plan)?
Under the Resident Bill of Rights, this is the right that guarantees residents the ability to raise complaints without fear of retaliation.
What is the right to voice grievances?
This program helps identify quality deficiencies and improve care in nursing homes.
What is the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program?
This type of survey evaluates whether a facility is in compliance with regulations under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, often focusing on specific care areas.
What is an annual survey?
This object, which is used by almost everyone daily, can be covered with 10 times more bacteria than a toilet handle.
What is a smartphone?
Facilities must conduct this type of drill regularly to test staff’s ability to respond to various emergency scenarios.
What is a mock disaster drill?
Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, this is the term for when a resident's medical information can only be disclosed with their permission or under certain legal circumstances.
What is protected health information (PHI)?
Using this approach to care, caregivers make the environment more familiar and calming, which can help reduce agitation and confusion.
What is environmental modification?
In addition to chart reviews and resident interviews, surveyors may observe nurses complete these tasks to ensure safe and effective resident care.
What is medication administration or staff practices?