People and Things
Odds & Ends
Medication Safety
Acronyms & Abbreviations
Patient-Focused Items
100
Steven Villescas
Who is the Patient Safety Officer at University of New Mexico Hospital.
100
Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.
What is Hand Hygiene?
100
Quiet zones!!!! Shhhh
What is the program designed to decrease the number of interruptions during medication preparation and administration?
100
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?
100
The name of the scale used at time of admission to determine a patient's risk for skin breakdown.
What is the BRADEN scale?
200
PSI or PSN
What is filed to report an unusual patient incident? Also, stands for "Patient Safety Net"
200
Topics originated by the Joint Commission to bring awareness to, an enforce patient safety requirements of participating health care organizations in the United States.
What are the National Patient Safety Goals?
200
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?
200
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
What are Look Alike - Sound Alike medications?
200
L.A.M.P.
What is "LOOK AT ME PLEASE" - a new fall prevention program?
300
Stuart Freedman
Who is the Complaince Officer at UNM HSC.
300
1-888-899-6092
What is the HSC Anonymous Compliance Hotline telephone number?
300
What you must do to medication or solution which is transferred from the original packaging to another container.
What is label the container?
300
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)?
300
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)?
400
Mr. Willie Barela
Who is the Ombudsman, or Patient Advocate for UNM Hospital.
400
Wrong patient, wrong site, wrong procedure.
What is the most frequently reported adverse patient event to the Joint Commission by hospitals?
400
The process of obtaining a verbal telephone order from a physician involves these three steps.
What is: 1. write down the order 2. read-back the order 3. verify the order as written with the prescribing individual.
400
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)?
400
White = Patient Identification Red = Allergy Orange = Blood Purple clip = DNR Yellow clip = fall risk
What are SHS standardized color-coded wrist bands?
500
An awareness campaign during the week of 9 - 13, March 2015.
What is Patient Safety Awareness Week?
500
Patient name, date of birth, or medical record number.
What are the 2 patient identifiers as defined by UNMH policy? (Ask for a story about the importance of these identifiers.)
500
Micromedex
What is a consistent source of information regarding medications?
500
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)?
500
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?
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