People and Things
Bonnie Portnoy
Who is the Vice President of Risk Management and Patient Safety at MSHS?
Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.
What is Hand Hygiene?
The first step to take when you as a registered nurse, recognizes a hypersensitivity reaction during intravenous medication infusion.
What is stop the infusion?
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?
The name of the scale used at time of admission to determine a patient's risk for skin breakdown.
What is the BRADEN scale?
A SafetyNet, an electronic patient safety event.
What is filed to report an unusual patient safety event/occurrence?
Topics originated by The Joint Commission to promote and enforce major changes in patient safety in thousands of participating health care organizations in the United States.
What are the National Patient Safety Goals?
Under the program of the American Heart Association acceptable to the New York State Education Department, this clinical team member may administer the influenza vaccine to patients under a non-patient specific order and protocol.
Who are Registered professional nurses (RNs) employed by or under contract with a Mount Sinai Health System hospital who are currently certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Under FEMA, this national structure/system guides all levels of government to work seamlessly to prevent, protect against, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents.
What is The National Incident Management System NIMS)?
The name of the form that gets completed when a patient alleges, they've been physically or sexually assaulted.
What is the Checklist for Responding to Allegations of Assault Against a Patient?
Michael Lauria
Who is the Executive Director of Risk Management and Patient Safety at MSHS?
In December 2006, The National Incident Management System (NIMS) created this communication alert system to simplify and standardize emergency events notifications.
What is Plain Language.
What you must do to medication or solution which is transferred from the original packaging to another container.
What is label the container?
The primary objective of SBAR is to provide a standardized form of communication between caregivers in providing accurate, clear and complete information during transitions (“hand-offs”) in patient care. The acronym SBAR represents . . .
What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR)?
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)?
Contact this person immediately upon your recognition of a patient safety event.
Who is your immediate supervisor or manager?
In 2022, this sentinel event was most frequently to The Joint Commission by U.S. hospitals.
What are patient falls?
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)?
An evidence-based practice in safe patient handling and staff safety and injury prevention in the use of the turning and positioning devices to prevent and treat pressure injuries.
What is Turning and Positioning (TAP) System?
An accrediting body/agency who developed the national patient safety goals.
Who is The Joint Commission (TJC)?
This team provides a form of confidential “emotional first aid” specifically designed to provide crisis support and critical incident stress management interventions for health care events that are emotionally challenging and stressful.
What is the MSHS ICARE Team?
This nationally recognized database is the most consistent source of information regarding medications.
What is Micromedex?
FMEA is a systematic, proactive method for evaluating a process to identify the parts of the process that are most in need of change. The acronym FMEA represents . . .
What is Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)?
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?