Use 2 patient identifiers when providing care, treatment, and services.
What is the correct way to identify patients?
100
Information that you provide when there is a change in patient caretaker and/or location to support safe continuity of care.
Nurse is taking a patient to MRI, willl be gone for 60 minutes, and informs her peers the status and needs of her other patients while she is off the unit.
What is a patient handoff?
100
Reviewing the current medications that the patient has taken prior to admission.
What is medication reconciliation?
100
Millions of People Each Year
What is the number of people who acquire an infection while receiving care, treatment, and services in a health care organization?
100
Patient Safety Advisory Group
Who advises The Joint Commision on the development and updating of the National Patient Safety Goals?
200
Eliminate transfusion errors related to patient misidentification
Why is it important to use 2 patient identifies before administering blood?
200
Notify the physician of the ISTAT value of potassium 8.1 immediately after the result is obtained and document the notification,response to notification, and interventions related to the response.
How to report a critical lab value?
200
Label all medications, medication containers,and other solutions on and off the sterile field in a procedural area
What is an example of the components of the NPSG medication safety goal #3?
200
Hand Hygiene
Contact Precations
Cleaning and disinfecting patient care equipment
What are essential strategies for preventing the spread of health care associated infections?
200
Physicians
Families
Patient Care Techs
Nurses
Unit Secretaries
Who has a role in preventing patient falls?
300
Asking Patients if they have suicidal or homocidal ideation?
What is a way to assess for risk in patients presenting with psychiatric concerns?
300
"I understand that you want the patient John Jones to recieve a 20cc/kg fluid bolus" now.(Repeating what you heard)
What are the drugs that require a second check by another licensed pratitioner?
300
CAUTI
The acronym for catheter associated urinary tract infection which is a 2013 NPSG regarding the prevention of hospital acquired UTI.
300
18 inches
What is clearance area below the level of the ceiling for storing equipment?
400
Marking a procedure site
How do you implement a protocol for preventing wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong person surgury?
400
At tranfer to admission floor, radiology, or clinic
When does the Hand Off Tool need to be completed?
400
Medication Name
Strength, Quanity,Diluent and volume, Expiration date
What is the components tat are required for labeling medications on a sterile field?
400
MRSA
Clostridium Difficile
VRE
What are examples of multidrug-resistant gram negative bacteria?
400
Children with developmental delays, h/o seizure activity, sedated with pain medication, or using walking devises
Who are most at risk for falls in the pedaric emergency department?
500
Stop and take time out before the procedure to make sure it is the right patient, the right procedure, the right time, the right place
What is time out?
500
Information shared between the multidisciplinary team regarding pertinents aspects of the patient diagnosis, test results, and interventions.
What is bedside report?
500
A form that is specific to the patient, weight of patient and medication dose for patient that is found on the computer and processed through pharmacy.
What is "Accupedia" ?
500
One Minute
Five Minutes
What are the times required for Oxyvir (1 MINUTE) and Dispatch ( 5 MINUTES ) to remain on surfaces for disinfection purposes?
500
Greet the surveyor
Introduce yourself
Support your peers
Answer only the questions asked
If you do not know, state who you would ask
If too busy to talk, explain and let the surveyor know when you wil have time to spend with them.
What are the behaviors to support a successful Joint Commission visit?