SLS Event Categories
Emotional Distress; Restraint-related Head Injury, Non-Head Injuries, and Deaths are reported under this SLS category
What is Restraints?
Safety measure to reduce the transmission of infectious agents from staff to patients, thereby decreasing the incidence of HAIs
What is Hand Hygiene?
Fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle aches, headaches, new loss of taste or smelll, nausea, and diarrha
What are signs and symptoms of COVID-19?
Heirarchy, defensiveness, complacency, lack of coordination and follow up with coworkers, distractions, and fatigue are barriers to what?
What is effective team communication?
A patient with a yellow clasp on their identification band is at risk for this
What is a fall?
Abrasion, Blister, Laceration, Ulcer, Rash/Hives, and Wounds are reported as this SLS event category
What is Skin/Tissue?
Safety measure used when administering medications and blood; when collecting specimens; when providing treatment or procedures
What is the use of two patient identifers?
Handwashing, wearing a face mask, social distancing, and getting vaccinated
What are ways to protect against COVID-19?
Briefs, huddles, and debriefs are communication tools/strategies for effectively _________ _________.
What is "leading teams"?
Multidose vials, once opened, should be labeled with a new expiration date not to exceed this
What is 28 days?
Failed Intubation, Medical Gas Problem, Rate/Flow/Concentration Incorrect, Missed Treatment are reported in this SLS category
What is Airway Management?
The goal of this safety measure is to provide correct medications to the patient at all transitions points within the hospital and prevents ADEs
What is Medication Reconciliation?
It authorized use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the Moderna vaccine under emergency use authorization in the prevention of COVID-19
What is the FDA?
The CUS tool/strategy to develop mutual support within teams to promote effective communication. CUS stands for this
What is: I am Concerned...I am Uncomfortable...
This is a Safety concern...
Specimen containers are labeled in the presence of this person to avoid errors
Who is the patient?
Break in Sterile Technique, Perforation, Unexpected Return to OR, and Procedure Delay are reported under this SLS category?
Surgery/Procedure
Non-slip socks, locked wheels, bed set in the lowest position, call light within reach, bed alarm, patient sitter, etc. are used to prevent what?
What are patient falls?
Scoring system accounting for new cases, how well current testing identifies these cases, and the rate of spread of COVID-19
What is the COVID Area Risk (CAR) Score?
Strategy for identifying who is on the team, ensuring mutual understanding of the team's goals, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and determining resources needed
What is a brief?
Mg, MgSO4, MSO4 have been shown to lead to medication errors due to confusion. They have been added to a hospital list of
What is unapproved abbreviations?
Electrical Shock to Patient, Timeliness Response to Order, and Visitor Policy Issues are reported under this SLS category
What is Provision of Care?
A final assessment to confirm correct patient, site, and procedure have been identified prior to surgery or a procedure
What is a Time-out?
A sustained CAR Score of this number or less, has been correlated with very low to zero COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths
What is 2.5?
Shared mental model, adaptaibility, team orientation, mututal trust, improved team performance, and patient safety
What are outcomes of effective team communication?
This is used to reinforce patient handoff between patient care areas when the patient is transported without a nurse escort
What is a Ticket to Ride/Return?