These are all of the benefits of stretching, can you name 2 of them.
What is
Increased mental and physical relaxation
Reduced injury to soft tissue and muscle groups
Reduced soreness and tension
Increased flexibility
Enhanced physical fitness
Improved circulation
100
This is the best SPH equipment to perform lateral transfers for total lift or bariatric patients (Lateral move = gurney to bed or bed to bed).
What is a Hovermatt
100
What is Behavioral wing or B wing.
Where are the behavioral patients located at KPPACC?
100
This is the primary difference between contaminated sharp / needle stick injury vs a non contaminated sharp/needle stick.
What is - when do you seek care at Employee Health and or ED to provide prophylactic measures to prevent / safe guard agains possible infectious disease.
100
Name 2 or 3 ways that are most common for KPPACC staff to trip and fall?
What are
#1) Tripping on own feet in hallways with no trip hazards.
What is low gait swing or foot drop.
#2) What is water left from patients showers in hallway.
#3) Cords, clutter, fall from climbing on shelf, trip on objects
200
This is the area of your body considered the "safe lifting zone".
What is between your mid-thigh and shoulder level.
200
This is the number of staff at minimum needed to move patients with all types of patient handling equipment.
What is 2
200
These are 3 main parts of the body to be aware of and not turn your back on these locations
What is Head, Hands and Feet/legs
200
This is the equipment used to open a box
What is the box cutter. Do not use unapproved box cutters such as scissors, personal pocket knives or unapproved cutters.
200
True or False: Occupational Safety is as important as patient safety. (i.e.: Your safety is as important as our patient's safety?
What is True: Statistics show that where the safety culture is strong in healthcare facilities the quality patient care is increased.
300
These are the body parts effected by repetitive motion injury, name 2.
What are hands, arms, shoulders, knees and/or back.
300
True or False: Patient equipment and slings do not need to be cleaned after use if patient does not have any infections.
What is False. It is required that all patient patient handling equipment and slings are to be considered contaminated after use and must be cleaned prior to use on the next patient. Standard BBP practices.
300
Name 2 types of unpredictable behaviors that might be exhibited
What is a kicking, biting, spitting, slapping, squeezing, fighting, punching, grabbing, pulling, uncooperative, elopement
300
True or False: You can dispose of sharps into the trash can.
What is false. All sharps, needles, syringes, scissors, sharp edged objects which can break through plastic are to be disposed in hard sharp containers. Sharp objects left in trash can injure our EVS staff.
300
True or False: It is ok to dance on a folding chair.
What is False: It isn't safe and your dignity is at stake.
400
What is the best way to move rolling carts to prevent injury?
What is Pushing and not pulling.
400
Name the room number and location of where the patient handling equipment is stored currently at KPPACC.
What is room 57 and 59
400
Name the KPPACC rainbow badge color codes for:
1) Behavioral assistance requested
2) Violence / uncontrollable behavior
3) Weapon (Gun, knife or object being used for violence)
What is
1) Code Orange
2) Code Grey
3) Code Silver
400
True or False: KPPACC has both a Slip Trip Fall and Safe Shoe Policies?
What is True: KPPACC does have both STF and Safe Shoe policies.
500
This is when you take a few seconds to stretch your body parts through out the day
What is micro breaks
500
These are 2 ways or types of equipment to safely boost patient up in bed?
What are: Trapeze, bed in trendelenburg, hovermatt or patient can assist or move self.
500
Name the Director of the Behavior Science Department
Who is Jessica Mantoani
500
Which agency recommended that health care facilities use safer medical devices to protect workers from needlestick and other sharps injuries.
Since the passage of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act in 2000 and the subsequent revision of the Cal/OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard, all health care facilities are required to use safer medical devices.
What is NIOSH (National Institute Occupational Safety and Health)
500
True or False? Shoe soles or shoe tread is similar to your tires on a car. If they are worn down, smooth they can hydroplane on water.
What is True. Shoes and tires are very similar in that they both have tread patterns. The best shoes and tires will have grooves to let the water escape out the sides to prevent hydroplaning.