Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.
What is Hand Hygiene?
100
Pyxis System
What is the name of the medication dispensing system used at OPMC ?
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
Occurrence/Incident Report.
What is filed to report an unusual patient incident?
200
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?
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
Hourly patient rounding that pays attention to the patient's needs.
What is a proven evidence based activity to prevent falls?
300
Mary Anne Davies
Risk Management Director
Who is the Patient Safety Officer at OPMC?
300
After working 12 or more hours there is a greater risk of making errors.
After how many hours of work does fatigue become a safety consideration?
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 ACCOUNT NUMBER?
400
The person who is involved or witnesses unusual events
Who is responsible for completing an Occurrence Report?
400
Found on Floors
What is the most frequently reported type of fall?
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
Purple = DNR
Yellow = fall risk
What are white, purple and yellow standardized color-coded wrist bands?
500
Everyone
Who is responsible for Patient Safety at OPMC.
500
Patient centered, team focused care at OPMC is celetrated by this slogan
What is "All for One"?
500
Name of the medication, dose given, reason, expected effect and possible side effects that need to be reported.
What information is given to patients about their medications?
500
RCA is a retrospective, systematic, method for analysis of an adverse event to identify the parts of the process that are most in need of change. The acronym RCA represents . . .
What is Root Cause Analysis?
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 urgent help. Who/what do you call for additional assistance?