INFECTION CONTROL
THIS SHOULD BE KEPT BETWEEN EQUIPMENT AND SURFACES.
What is A BARRIER
THIS SHOULD OCCUR EVERY 2 HOURS OR LESS.
What is TURNING AND REPOSITIONING
The Engineering Department conducts a minimum of one drill per shift per calendar quarter in the hospital and a drill every 12 months from date of last drill in business occupancies. Drills are unannounced and held at unexpected times and under varying conditions.
When are fire drills held?
An event where the hospital is required to report no later than five calendar days, or, if the event is an ongoing urgent or emergent threat to the welfare, health, or safety of patients, personnel, or visitors, no later than twenty-four hours after the adverse event is detected.
What is an Adverse Event?
THIS SHOULD BE DONE WITH DIRTY GLOVES BEFORE TOUCHING ANY OBJECT.
What is REMOVING AND REPLACING.
THE USE OF WHAT ITEM(S) WILL PREVENT PRESSURE ULCERS TO THE HEELS.
What are heel pressure reducing or heel floating devices?
Employees who work in areas with radiation wear these badges to monitor exposure to radiation.
What are dosimeter badges
A service that provides sign interpreters to patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing
What is Life Signs?
THIS ACT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY ALL WORKERS PRIOR TO THEIR FIRST PATIENT CONTACT AT THE START OF THE SHIFT.
What is WASHING YOUR HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER
THIS CAN BE PREVENTED BY THE USE OF LOTION OR MOISTURIZER WHEN APPLIED TO DRY SKIN.
What are FRICTION INJUIRES AND SKIN TEARS
Maintenance undertaken to detect and correct performance or safety deficiencies that might result from the (anticipated) deterioration of parts, components, or sub-assemblies of the device, and restore those parts by cleaning, lubricating, adjusting or replacing them.
What is Preventative Maintenance?
The number to call is #4100
What is the number to call Telephone Interpreter Services?
THE TIME REQUIRED TO PROPERLY DISINFECT GLUCOSCAN MACHINES AFTER USE.
What is 2 minutes?
THIS CREAM IS USED TO PREVENT MOISTURE DERMITITIS.
What is BARRIER CREAM
A patient who is incapable of adequately protecting himself / herself, and who leaves the care area or hospital grounds unsupervised and undetected, without the knowledge or permission of their caregivers.
Who is a High-safety-risk Patient?
Any event, which is not consistent with the routine operation of the hospital or the routine care of a particular patient. The results of this event require or could have required (near miss) unexpected medical intervention, unexpected intensity of care, or causes or had the potential to cause an unexpected physical or mental impairment.
What is an Occurrence?
THIS GUIDELINE STATES THAT GLOVES SHOULD BE WORN FOR ANY PATIENT CARE ACTIVITY IN WHICH EXPOSURES TO OR CONTAMINATION WITH A PATIENTS BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS IS ANTICIPATED.
What are UNIVERSAL/STANDARD PRECAUTIONS
THE OCCIPITAL, SCAPULA, EAR, SHOULDER, AND ILLIAC SPINE ARE ALL EXPAMPLES OF THIS CLASSIFICATION.
What are BONY PROMINENCES
Cooling tower, decorative fountain, fish tanks, humidifiers
What are Open-air Water sources?
This score is an objective measure of hospital overcrowding reflected in Emergency Department overcrowding.
What is NEDOCS – National Emergency Department Overcrowding Score?