Universal Precautions
Gloves, face shields, masks, gowns, eye protection & shoe protectors are referred to as what?
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
What term refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that includes the language, thoughts, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions that unite a group of people?
Culture
What is the term for a type of event within a facility such as a bomb threat, active shooter or fire.
Internal Disaster
1 million of these occur annually
Back injuries
You should ask the client to turn their right forearm so that it is facing the ceiling in order to check what?
Heart Rate
This type of precaution is taken when a disease is highly communicable. The patient generally doesn't leave the room and you must wear gloves, gown, mask, and shoe protectors. Example: MRSA, C-diff, covid 19, TB, measles
Isolation Precautions
Person first language
What is the name for the type of event occurs in the community but impacts the facility, such as a bus accident with multi-victims, a tornado or an apartment fire.
External Disaster
What should you always use when transferring a patient?
A gait belt
When you are counting the number of times the client’s chest rose/fell for 15 seconds by using a watch or clock, what are you checking?
Respiration rate
This type of precaution is taken if a disease can be transmitted via cough/sneeze up to 6 feet (wear gloves, gown and mask). Examples: flu, whooping cough, cold, covid19
Droplet Precautions
Which cultural group is twice as likely to die of heart disease than their white counterparts?
Black men and women
The following practices are part of which OSHA standard: Label food with dates, don’t cook with a person who has a contagious disease, clean dishes/counters with bleach solution when done, and wear gloves/have the client wear gloves during cooking activities.
Food Safety
What should you keep close to you when transferring a patient
The patient
What is the first thing you should do when checking someone's oxygen with a pulse oximeter?
Turn the pulse ox on.
This virus can be in a wound, in urine, in the nose, etc. Generally the client is on isolation precautions until disease has “colonized”. However, if it is in the wound, the wound may be covered to allow patient to leave the room but you must sterilize any equipment used.
MRSA
It's important to use a variety of instruction methods, encourage questions, and use Teach Back in order to practice what skill as an OT practitioner?
Clear Communication
When was the initial OSHA act passed by congress?
1970
What is going from a higher surface to a lower surface when possible referred to as?
Letting gravity help
You should pump air into the blood pressure cuff until the meter reaches what number?
200
These two viruses cause extreme diarrhea. Individuals may be on isolation precautions and you should use contact precautions including sterilizing any equipment with bleach if they are infected with these viruses.
C-diff and norovirus
Facing the patient at all times, speak slowly and enunciating clearly, avoiding contractions, rephrasing, keeping your mouth uncovered, reducing background noise, and offering listening devices are examples of demonstrating sensitivity with this population.
Hearing impaired
When was the amendment to OSHA passed by congress?
1990
When transferring a patient out of bed, what should you do to avoid lifting from too low?
Where do you place the flat end of the stethoscope when taking someone's blood pressure?
On the volar side of the elbow