Hospital Codes
Safety
Infection Control
Chain of Infection
Pathogens
100

The code used when a child has been abducted.

What is code pink?

100
Incident reports should document these types of occurrences

What is safety & non-safety occurrences?

100

Microorganisms include all of these

What is bacteria, viruses and fungi?

100

Hospital acquired infections

What is nosocomial infections?
100

Athlete's foot is this type of pathogen

What is fungi?

200

There is a fire in the facility

What is code red?

200

Don't do this to electrical plugs or outlets

What is overload?

200

Those with __________ immune systems are more susceptible to infections 

What is compromised?

200

Most important way to prevent spread of infection

What is hand hygiene?

200

These have been developed for many viral diseases

What are vaccines?

300

There is a suspected bomb in the facility.

What is code black?

300

Three factors involved in degree of radiation exposure

What is amount, duration and distance?

300

It takes at least this long to wash your hands properly

What is 20 seconds?

300

The source of the infectious agent

What is a reservoir?

300

Can't be seen by the naked eye

What is bacteria?

400

A patient is going into cardiac arrest

What is code blue?

400

RACE

What is rescue, alarm, contain and extinguish? 

400

The three levels of cleaning

What is sanitization, disinfection and sterilization?

400

A person who is at risk of getting an infectious disease

What is a susceptible host?

400

These types of infections are treated with antibiotics

What is bacterial infections?
500

Codes convey information without causing _______.

What is panic?

500

There are this many types of fire extinguishers

What is 5?

500

Healthcare workers should always act as if substances are ________

What is infectious?

500

The way an infectious agent is transmitted

What is mode of transmission?

500

Hepatitis, cold sores and AIDS are examples

What is a virus?

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