People and Things
Risk Manager/Patient Safety Officer for Jackson North Medical Center
Alexis Noel
Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.
What is Hand Hygiene?
This is done when any medication or solution found unlabeled
Immediately discard
The name of the scale used at time of admission and each shift to determine a patient's risk for skin breakdown.
What is the BRADEN scale?
You find a patient on the floor, what code do you page?
What is Code Star?
Filed to report an unusual patient incident?
What is an Incident Report (Quantros Report)?
Gloves, Gown, Mask, Goggles
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
This equipment should be used to administer every medication to a patient ensure safety
What is Bar code scanning?
Who is responsible for preventing patient falls?
Who is All JNMC staff?
Code Grey
What is a response to a combative patient or any situation that threatens patient and staff safety
What does the acronym RACE stand for?
Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Evacuate
Sani-wipes surface disinfectant time
What is per the manufacture instructions.
(1 Minute purple top, 4 Minutes yellow top)
An interdisciplinary process comparing a complete list of medications that the patient has been taking prior to admission, with the medications that will be provided during hospitalization; performed at pre-admission, admission and/or at time of transfer or discharge.
What is MEDICATION RECONCILIATION?
Any manual method, physical or mechanical device, material or equipment that immobilizes or reduces the ability of a patient to move his or her arms, legs, body, or head freely
What is restraints?
Patient is found not breathing and without a pulse, which code do you page?
What is Code Blue?
The least number of people who can perform time out?
What is two people?
Examples include central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), surgical site infections (SSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), clostridium difficile infection (CDI), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
What are Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)?
What you must do to medication or solution which is transferred from the original packaging to another container.
What is label the container?
These two patient identifiers are used prior to administering medications, performing treatments, obtaining and labeling any specimens at bedside, and prior to administering any blood products
What is the patient's NAME and DATE OF BIRTH (DOB)?
You are a nurse and approached by a family member of one of your patients. She indicates that her Mom (patient) appears to be "not right." After assessing the patient you determine you need help. Who do you call for additional assistance?
What is the Rapid Response Team?
This is used to elevate safety concerns
What is chain of command?
This consists of adherent microorganisms, their extracellular products, and host components, that deposit on the catheter
What is Biofilm?
Look-a-like Sound-a-like medications
Drugs, which by the nature of their name, are involved in a high percentage of medication errors or other adverse outcomes. Examples include Novolog and Novolin-R, Oxycodone and Oxycontin, Hydromorphone and Morphine, Heparin and Hespan
Examples include QD., qod, U, IU, MS, MSO4, MgSO4, the use of a trailing zero (x.0 mg) or lack of leading zero (.xmg)
What is the DO NOT USE ABBREVIATIONS list?
Fever, Tachypnea, Leukocytosis, Hypotension?
What is Sepsis Alert?
(Code Yellow)