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Quality Improvement -
Test Your "IQ" on "QI"
We're "Hip" to HIPAA
Powers Policies and Procedures - Oh My!
Patient Safety Potpourri
Choose Your Own Infection Control Adventure!
(multiple choice)
100

This new EPIC feature allows for quick and secure, focused clinical conversations with Powers Health users.

What is Secure Chat?

100

HIPAA stands for....

What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?

100

The location of any Therapy Services policies and procedures

What is the CFNI Folder in Power DMS?

100

The "RACE" protocol helps us understand how to respond to a fire in our facility.  The acronym stands for:

What is:

R - rescue (remove all patients from the area)

A - alert/alarm (pull the fire alarm, call out "FIRE")

C - Contain (close any doors to create barrier and limit spread)

E - Extinguish (use an appropriate fire extinguisher to attempt to put out the flames only if safe to do so)

100

Multiple Choice:

Which is the most effective method for preventing the spread of infection in a physical therapy clinic?

A - wearing gloves at all times

B - Using hand sanitizer only after patient contact.

C - Proper hand hygiene before and after patient contact.

D - Cleaning equipment weekly.

C. Proper hand hygiene before and after patient contact.

200
A form of quality improvement whereby clinicians engage in professional development and knowledge enhancement in order to improve patient outcomes, improved safety, and encourage innovation.

What is continuing education?

200

Before we provide any type of care to patients, they must first read and sign this document at the time of their first visit, and annually from then on.

What is the Consent to Treat Form?

200

This intranet tool is the best way to notify the Maintenance Department that something is broken or unsafe.

What is a work order?

200

This is the purpose of incident reporting in a therapy clinic.

What is to improve safety and prevent future incidents.

200

Multiple Choice:  Which of the following is a key component of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol?

A. Wearing a face mask

B. Time-out before any invasive procedure

C. Daily temperature checks for staff

D. Double-gloving during treatment

B. Time-out before any invasive procedure.

300

The 5 steps of AIDET.

Acknowledge

Introduce

Duration

Explanation

Thank you

300

Before providing care to a patient, you must verify that you have the right person by using two of these.

What are unique patient identifiers (i.e. name and DOB)?

BONUS POINT!  How often must we verify these?

300

This extra step is required when sanitizing items used in a pediatric clinic that may be mouthed by children/patients.

What is a potable water rinse after completion of appropriate dwell time?

300

Multiple Choice: Which of the following is a common physical hazard in a therapy clinic?

A. loud music

B. uneven flooring or loose mats

C. bright lighting

D. open windows

B. Uneven flooring or loose mats

300

Multiple Choice: What should be done if a piece of therapy equipment is visibly soiled?

A. Use it and clean it later

B. Wipe it with a dry cloth

C. Clean and disinfect it before next use

D. Cover it with a towel

C. Clean and disinfect it before next use.

400

This includes using the STEADI, and utilizing a gait belt for at-risk patients.

What is fall risk assessment?

400

4 ways to ensure patient privacy

What are (at least 4 of the following):

  • Access medical records only when necessary (meaningful use)
  • Never discuss patient information in public areas.
  • Sign off/lock your workstation when leaving it.
  • Use encrypted forms of electronic communication when appropriate.
  • Do not leave papers with PHI unattended.
  • Use appropriate draping during procedures.
  • Use curtains/doors to create private spaces when appropriate.
400

The end of the next business day worked by a provider.

What is the maximum timeframe to sign a daily note in a therapy episode of care?

400

Do this if you witness a patient fall.

What is stay with the patient, assess for injury, and report the incident?

400

Multiple Choice: How often should high-touch surfaces in treatment areas be disinfected?

A. Once a week

B. At the end of the day

C. Between each patient use

D. Only when visibly dirty

C. Between each patient use

500

These are the 3 quality improvement projects underway at all therapy services locations right now.

What are:

PTA Medication Review  (2021)                        

Echeckin/Welcome Tablet (2022)                        

CHS Chart Audit/Peer Review Process Standardization (2023)      

BONUS POINT! 

Where can you find information about these projects?                   


500

The document a patient must sign before any photographs or audio recordings can be made for treatment or education purposes.

What is written informed consent?

500

According to the "Security of the Department - Safety" policy in the Therapy Services folder in Power DMS, no employee will treat a patient without this being available in the department.

What is another employee?

500

Multiple Choice: Which of the following is a key component of a safe patient transfer?

A. Asking the patient to move quickly

B. Using proper body mechanics and assistive devices

C. Lifting the patient without assistance

D. Letting the patient decide how to transfer

B. Using proper body mechanics and assistive devices

500

Multiple Choice:

Why is cardboard not allowed in any clinic areas (including storage areas)?

A. Cardboard looks cluttered/ugly.  

B. Carboard can get wet and becomes stinky.

C. Cardboard burns easily and can be a fire hazard.

D. bugs, especially cockroaches, can take up residence in corrugation.

D. bugs, especially cockroaches, can take up residence in corrugation - this creates an infection control risk.