Storage Wars
18 inches from the ceiling
What is the minimum distance from the ceiling which items may be stored.
Medication lists including opioids, insulin, anticoagulants and neuromuscular blocking agents are found here.
What is the high alert medication list found on the MHSB Intranet - Clinical Resources - Pharmacy - High Alert Medications.
Respecting a patient's cultural and personal values, beliefs and preferences and communicating in a manner appropriate for their age, language and ability to understand are key components of this.
What are patient rights?
Process used upon hire and at least every 3 years to ensure associates have the skills to perform their responsibilities.
What are competency assessments?
The amount of time required for a disinfectant to remain wet in order to be effective is known as this.
What is dwell time?
Clearing equipment from egress hallways is one of the response actions to this type of event.
What is Code Red (or fire event)?
Medication name, dose, route and frequency.
What are the minimum required elements of a medication order.
A Living Will, Durable Power of Attorney and an Appointment of a Healthcare Representative are examples of this.
What are Advance Directives?
A process used annually to evaluate associate performance.
What are performance appraisals?
This program's activities include surveillance to reduce the risk of infection, limiting the transmission of infections and investigating outbreaks of infectious disease.
What is Infection Prevention and Control?
Code carts and Isolation carts.
What are items allowed to be stored in egress hallways?
The elements of this process include: Allergies, sensitivities, interactions, therapeutic duplication, contraindications, appropriateness and potential impact of laboratory values.
What is the pharmacist review of medication orders.
Potential benefits, risks, and side effects of the patient's proposed care, treatment and services are communicated during this process.
What is informed consent?
Three processes by which new hires learn key safety content before providing care, treatment or services.
What is general orientation, new hire CBLs and department orientation?
This action is performed upon entry and exit of patient rooms, before a clean procedure, after a body fluid exposure and after touching a patient.
What is performing hand hygiene?
This document contains information on handling, storage, first-aid measures, PPE, toxicity, exposure controls, and spill mitigation for chemicals.
What is a safety data sheet.
Patient, medication, time, dose, route, reason, documentation, and response are all components of this process.
What are the Eight Rights of safe medication administration.
A patient care complaint that cannot be resolved at the time by the staff present becomes this.
What is a grievance?
This tool is used to ensure new hires are educated on key hospital specific processes, serves as documentation of education and must be maintained in the associate's department file.
What is the Beacon Departmental Orientation Checklist?
This information can be found by reading the isolation sign posted on a patient room door.
What are the precautions to be taken, including PPE, when entering the room?
Door handles, hinges, screws, furniture legs, IV poles, phone cords and window blinds.
What are examples of ligature risks.
This electronic process does not negate the need to ask a patient to verify their name, date of birth and allergies.
What is barcode scanning of the patients wristband?
Unanticipated, unusual, adverse events and those that deviate from the normal process or procedure are to be reported within 24 hours utilizing this process.
What is incident reporting (HITS)?
Annual (sometimes referred to as ongoing) education is provided to associates via this.
What are CBLs (computer based learning)?
Blood or other infectious materials in liquid or semi-liquid form or that which could become liquid or semi-liquid if compressed must be discarded utilizing this process.
What is placement in red bag waste which is securely fastened to prevent leaking or spill.