Infection Control
After applying soap, the proper amount of time to rub hands together while washing per CCHMC policy.
What is 15-20 seconds?
The proper amount of time to flush an eye wash station?
What is 3 minutes?
The hospitals maintains a list of these medications because of the heightened risk of error
What is look-alike sound-alike medications?
Performed immediately before the procedure, this prevents wrong-person, wrong-site, and wrong-procedure surgeries.
What is a time out?
These things cannot be consumed where patient supplies are stored or areas where there is a reasonable likelihood of occupational exposure to blood or other body fluids
What is employee food and drink?
Implemented when a building’s fire alarm/automatic sprinkler system is out of service.
What is Interim Life Safety measures?
During an emergency situation, these should be placed as low as possible below the door handle
What is a room clear magnet
Where to label containers used for blood and other specimens using at least 2 patient identifiers
What is “in the presence of the patient? “
In an ambulatory setting, disposable BP cuffs should be cleaned in-between patient use with an H2O2 wipe for 1 minute contact time and discarded at this time interval.
What is discarded every 2 weeks if not visibly soiled or suspected ORSA/MRSA.
Cannot be consumed where patient supplies are stored or areas where there is a reasonable likelihood of occupational exposure to blood or other body fluids
What is employee food and drink
This is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient outcomes, reduces microbial resistance, and decreases the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms..
What is antimicrobial stewardship?
This discussion includes the patient's proposed care, treatment, and services; the potential benefits, risks, and side effects of those and Reasonable alternatives to those.
What is informed consent ?
The reason why used instruments should be sprayed liberally with a precleaning gel
What is prevents organic material/blood/bioburden from drying on the instruments.
The minimum required egress clearance for health care occupancies, such as A and B buildings.
What is 8 feet?
This provides a comprehensive approach for mitigation/preparedness/response and recovery to emergencies and disasters, internal or external, naturally occurring or man-made that could affect CCHMC.
What is Emergency Operations Plan
Performing hand hygiene prior to catheter insertion and using a catheter checklist / standardized protocol for CVC insertion are examples of this.
What is implement evidence-based practices to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections?