Avoiding down and dirty
Single most important practice to reduce transmission of infectious agents
Handwashing
The first telephone was a landline. Then came the mobile phone in 1973 and in 2006 the i phone which directly affected this policy for the Lincoln Home.
The cell phone policy
You look in this manual to find chemical information like what to do for first aid, physical and chemical properties and toxicological information.
What is the SDS Manual
A mandatory certification class taken every 5 years by food service professionals.
What is Serve Safe
Information about residents needs to be protected. Repeating information outside of work results in not maintaining this?
Confidentiality
In March 2020 this virus changed healthcare as we know it.
What is Covid-19
Treat all persons blood, body fluids, secretions as if it is infectious
Standard precautions
An unwelcome sexual advance is an example of this and is not tolerated at the LH
Sexual Harassment
The fire panel is ringing indicating that there is a potential problem on the second floor. You communicate to your co-workers contact and help residents to safety. You are following RACE
Remove Activate Confine and Evacuate
Acceptable barrier against bare hand contact.
What are gloves
Report to a supervisor Administration or DON
You have come in direct contact with a person who has tested positive for Covid-19. What actions do you do next?
What is Notify the Administrator You may need to self quarantine for 14 days
This equipment is used to provide a barrier between you and infectious agents.
What is Personal protective equipment (PPE)
These are 10 days you can work and get time and a half or by following the protocol of filling out a request off form 30 days in advance, you can have the day off and get paid. Your birthday is one of them
Holidays
You find a piece of electrical equipment with a broken or frayed cord. You put the appropriate locking mechanism and sticker and then fill out log book with ticket, type of device location date and time
What is lock out tag out
This outlines that there is no smoking on the property for LH/HVC as we are a no smoking facility. Smoking breaks need to done off property and you must clock out for those breaks.
What is the smoking Policy
This is binding and each resident and families sign one to enter living at LH.
What is a contract
You need to be six feet apart in community, at work and in stores.
What is Social distancing
During cough and cold season it is important to Cover sneezes and coughs. Put a mask on when providing care and keep a greater than 3 feet distance of infected person helps you maintain this etiquette by not breathing on them.
What is respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
How many absences from work in a year and guidelines on calling out.
Attendance Policy
You find yourself with something in your eye. you know to go to the kitchen and the nurses station to get what you need. There is also one in the employee bathroom at HVC.
What is Eye Wash Stations
Assessments are done for each person who enters the LH or HVC as residents. These are individual to each person and specific to their health care needs. They are completed on admission and every 6 months or if major changes occur.
What are care plans.
This person helps residents and families by being an objective person and advocating for them. They are a volunteer and work for a State agency.
What is the Ombudsman
You have developed a fever > 100, sore throat and have shortness of breath per self screening what should you do next?
What is call the facility and speak to the Adminstrator prior to arriving at the facility.
This illness is prevalent in the fall and winter. Housekeeping cleans to help us avoid spreading these germs! It is viral and spreads quickly. Employees are urged to get vaccinated against this virus.
What is the flu
These are owned by the LH, the data on them is owned by LH. you may only use them for work purposes. No matter how much fun they can to goggle things on!!!!
Computer policies
Residents can bring in electrical devices. Maintenance needs to check each device. What electrical device can cook toast or a small chicken and is no longer allowed in any apartment Bryant homestead, LH or HVC?
What is a toaster oven
This education is required to work at HVC as it is a memory loss community, it is a state regulation that this course be provided or taken prior to working with residents with memory issues.
What is dementia and best friends training
This document covers all the ins and outs of being a resident. It includes freedom of choice of provider and outlines leaves of absences and confidentiality.
What are resident rights
We are all doing this to protect our residents. It is part of PPE name at least 3 things we do daily.
What is wash wash wash hands, wear facemasks and wear gloves.
Having an unlimited data plan is actually quite limited when you are on duty, because it falls under this Lincoln Home directive.
What is LH's cell phone policy.
Employers may use electronic information ( email, photo's social media) to support managing its business under this general legal concept.
What is reasonable right to privacy
This happens once a year. The firetrucks show up and all residents are evacuated.
What is annual evacuation.
TTFN,,BFF,SMH and BRB are special language of this relatively new way to communicate. BTW, IRL, it is NSFW.
What is social media or social media abbreviations.
Tata for now, Best Friends forever, shaking my head, be right back, by the way, in real life, not safe for work.
When people get this condition their food can to be made to be pureed or in a pudding consistency due the swallowing difficulty.
What is a dysphagia diet level one.
What is the current policy for visitors from out of state?
What is having a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of visiting or self isolation for 14 days.