Clinical Practice
Clinical Practice
Serious Reportable Event
Performance Improvement
NOCO Patient Safety Council
100

Practices that are implemented within Banner, monitored by quarterly assessments through the Quality Improvement team

What are practices that have 3 months of valid data.

100

This is the most important step and Banners process to submit near misses to serious reportable events.

What is the verge event report

100

The tool easily helps a unit, team, or system to track progress on their designated process improvement action plan.

What is PIRT

100

These were established in 2002 to help accredited organizations address specific areas of concern in regards to patient safety

What is  the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs)

200

As a resident, you have one hour to document your response to this alert

What is EWS

200

This process is where  interdisciplinary team is pulled together to discuss and research how the serious reportable event happened and create an action plan to prevent it from happening again.

What is Root Cause Analysis

200

Process improvement requires a team of these members to help identify the area of opportunity, create an action plan for improvement and follow up with the progress

What is the intrandisciplinary team

200

Hand Hygiene Contact Precations Cleaning and disinfecting patient care equipment

What are essential strategies for preventing the spread of health care associated infections?

300
A resident may be notified of an EWS that is greater than ____

What is three

300

In the just culture process, the staff member unknowingly  contributed to the event and should be consoled.

What is Human Error

300

If the resident would want to choose some improvement processes, they can contact this team to help them build a PIRT

What is the Quality Team

300

CAUTI Prevention infection which is a 2018 NPSG regarding the prevention of hospital acquired UTI can be decreased by

What is ordering foley DC asap

400

These were formally known as care sets and are slowly replacing the care sets in the Cerner system

What is a power plan

400

Using the just culture algorithm, this person knowingly completed ad action that caused harm to another staff member or patient. The staff member would be punished for this behavior.

What is reckless behavior.

400

This is the chosen performance improvement model and is used throughout Banner.

What is DMAIC

400

This monthly written letter updates all staff members on current safety topics, the "Good Catch" (or near miss) winners, NOCO Patient Safety Champions, and other items that encourage patient safety throughout the NOCO region.

What is the Patient Safety Newsletter

500

On this intranet site, you can see how the banner system or a specific hospital is meeting the strategic initiatives or core measures

What is the executive dashboard

500

This person made a choice but did not recognize the risk of believe that the action could be justified, If found to be this category, the staff member would be coach for their behavior

What is at-risk behavior

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 will have time to spend with them

What are the behaviors to support a successful Joint Commission visit?

500

This person has been a patient and is a member of the community. They volunteer and share their insight on patient safety matters.

What is the Patient Family Advisor

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