Keeping them safe
Creepy crawlys
Miscellaneous
Risky Business
The three P's (preventing problems proactively)
100
A medication error or reaction to the medication that causes a serious reaction
What is Adverse Drug Event
100
One of the most important things you can do to protect patients.
What is wash your hands
100
The length of time allowed for an infusion of packed red blood cells
What is 4 hours
100
An event that is reported in the incident reporting system but it did not reach the patient, employee or visitors. It was "caught before this occurred".
What is a near miss. (These are extremely important to report so we can proactively fix problems before they impact anyone at the hospital)
100
Medical errors, such as wrong site surgery are less likely to occur when patients confirm their treatment.
What is patient involvement
200
The most crucial step to take to prevent medical errors and keeping patient's safe in transitions of care.
What is handoff communication
200
One way to prevent this infection from occurring is to ensure that the need for it's continued use is evaluated daily and discontinued as soon as possible.
What is Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
200
The operator announces overhead that there is a hostage situation
What is code white
200
A serious patient safety event that reaches the patient and results in the following outcomes: Death Permanent harm Severe temporary harm
What is a sentinel event
200
One way to prevent this is to ensure healthcare workers work reasonable shift hours and get enough sleep between shifts
What is healthcare worker fatigue
300
When you need to run, hide and as a last resort fight
What is an active shooter
300
When a health professional accidentally comes in contact with a patient's bodily fluids, they need to contact the Employee Health Nurse and immediate Supervisor and get tested.
What is bloodborne pathogen exposure
300
Medical or hospital staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child or vulnerable adult or elder has been subjected to abuse or exploited shall report this using this telephone number
What is 1-800 96-abuse
300
A process of information exchange between the physician and the patient or their decision maker that results in their authorization to perform an invasive procedure
What is informed consent
300
Two forms of identification are utilized prior to providing a patient with any treatment, service or procedures, which include administering medications, blood or blood products, transporting, taking blood samples or other specimens for clinical testing
What is patient identification
400
The lines of authority and responsibility within the hospital administration and medical staff through which employees need to follow to escalate concerns and facilitate help in difficult situations.
What is chain of command
400
Use this when a patient is known or suspected to be infected or colonized with organisms that can be transmitted by direct contact with the patient or indirect contact with environmental surfaces.
What is contact precautions.
500
To feel empowered to stop a process/procedure from occurring when you feel it will cause harm to the patient or employee no matter who is asking for this process or procedure to occur.
What is called "stop the line"
500
A bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body. It's tougher to treat than most strains of bacteria because it's resistant to some commonly used antibiotics
What is Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
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