Infection Control
Patient Safety
Policies and Procedures
Environment of Care
Emergency Preparedness
100

How often are high-touch surfaces cleaned in patient rooms?

 What is, after every patient?

100
  • What are two ways that a patient can be identified prior to surgery or medication administration?
  • What is name and date of birth?
100

This document must be signed, witnesses and in the chart before a procedure can begin

What is informed consent?

100

Who empties and replaces sharps containers?

Housekeeping

100

This must be immediately available and checked for integrity and function at the start of every shift.

What is the code cart?

200

Where are the isolation precaution signs and which would you use for a patient with c-diff?

What is the isolation cart (Bonus point for in the OR hallway) and what is contact precaution sign
200
  • What needs to be placed on unlabeled medications?
  • What is a label that has drug name and dose
200

This must be done to all specimens immediately after collection in the OR

What is labeling with 2 patient identifiers and confirmation between 2 staff members taking part in the procedure?

200

What should be present on a malfunctioning device when it is removed from service?

What is a red tag?

200

This acronym outlines the steps for responding to a fire in the perioperative department.

What is RACE- Rescue, activate, confine, extinguish?

300

How is hand hygiene compliance monitored in the peri-op department

What is the hand hygiene log?

300
  • Who can assist with interpretation? What tools can you use?
  • What is a medical interpreter?
  • Interpreter coordinator, department medical interpreters, and language line
300

Moderate sedation requires this type of monitoring every 5 minutes during the procedure

What is vital signs, pain and level of consciousness?
300
  • What resource can you utilize for information on how to clean up a spill?
  • What is a safety Data Sheet?
  • Bonus Point: Where are they found?
300

This is what should be used to extinguish a fire that starts on the surgical field.

What is the white, water fire extinguisher?
400

Where is the razor located to shave patients?

What is NO WHERE? We use clippers to clip hair, never to shave!

400
  • What needs to happen prior to surgery start time to ensure the correct surgery is being performed on the right patient?

What is a time out?

400

This document should be completed within 30 days of a procedure and updated within no more than 24 hours.

What is the history and physical?

400

What item can not be disposed of in the blue medication bin?

Sharps

400
  • Where is the nearest pull station?

  • What is either the ER or the kitchen?
500

How often are surgical hand scrubs performed and what products are used?

What is daily in the morning and before and after each case? CHG, Avagaard, sterillium, neutrogena, iodine

500

This is what must happen if a count is incorrect or a discrepancy exists?

What is a recount and if unresolved and x-ray must be taken?

500

Every patient who receives sedation in the perioperative department needs this to go home.

What is a ride home with a responsible adult party. 

500

This is the number of air exchanges per hour in an operating room, according to national guidelines

What is a minimum of 20?

500

These three components make up the 'Fire Triangle' that must be managed during all surgical procedures.

What are fuel, ignition source, and oxygen?

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