NPSG
These are two unique patient identifiers used for EVERY patient
What are NAME and DATE OF BIRTH?
Used to determine the course of action and focus for Infection Prevention
What is MEDDAC-Fort Knox Infection Prevention Risk Assessment, Plan, and Goals?
This type of storage material/container is prohibited in clean storage and patient care areas.
What is outside shipping boxes?
JOES, ICE, and the Patient Advocate
What are ways we assess patient satisfaction with quality and safety?
What is the Language Line?
Any unpleasant reaction to a medication
What is Adverse Reaction?
This is the most important task to prevent spreading of infections
What is Hand Washing/ Hand Hygiene?
For Cavi Wipes 1 it is 1 minute, for McKesson Wipes it is 2 minutes, ETC..
What is the dwell time?
This special container must be secured and replaced when 3/4 of the way filled.
What is a sharps container?
Because we care!
What is the MEDDAC-Fort Knox Motto?
What are unapproved abbreviations?
Right patient, Right medication, Right dose, Right time, Right route, Right documentation.
What are the 6 rights of medication administration?
Immediately discard any medication or solution found unlabeled
What is medication labeling?
Basic steps we use to protect our patients and ourselves from infection. Includes things like hand hygiene, using appropriate PPE, cleaning equipment between patients, etc.
What are Standard Precautions?
Should be cleaned every 6 months or after every isolation patient
What are privacy curtains?
What are Regulations and Policies?
MEDDAC defined criteria to screen, assess, and reassess pain?
What is MEDDAC Regulation 40-27 Pain Management
One syringe, One needle, One patient, One time...scrub the hub... multi-dose vials used for only one patient...single dose vials accessed only one time
What are safe injection practices?
What is Universal Protocol - Time Out?
Level of cleaning utilized when equipment or environment touches intact skin
What is Low Level Disinfection?
Must remove or put in a work order to replace if unable to effectively clean
What is ripped or torn furniture?
These methods are employed to ensure patient privacy is protected in compliance with HIPAA regulations. (Name 2 of 5)
What are computer screen covers, turning over papers, removing CAC when stepping away from the computer, not discussing PHI in public spaces and outside of patient care situations, proper channels for accessing PHI?
Process in which a health care provider educates a patient about the risks, benefits and alternatives to a given procedure, intervention or treatment plan
What is Informed Consent?
A technique that uses uppercase lettering to help differentiate look-alike drug names
Tall man lettering (TML)