Keeping Them Safe
One of the most important things you can do to protect patients
What is wash your hands / perform proper hand hygiene
DHA-led effort to provide a coordinated path forward for advancing high reliability across the MHS. A high reliability organization (HRO) achieves optimal outcomes despite working in complex or high-risk environments.
What is Ready Reliable Care (RRC)
The Dental Universal Protocol Checklist
What is DHA Form 205
The online system used to report adverse events, a good catch, and patient injuries, including potential events (near misses)
What is the Joint Patient Safety Reporting System (PSR)
The very first step in providing safe care to the right person. This is utilized before providing any treatment, service or procedures.
What is 2-factor patient identification
Using this aids in stopping the spread of infection
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
This is used for all surgical & non-surgical invasive/irreversible procedures
What is Universal Protocol
633 MDG Patient Safety Manager
Who is Ms. Gilda Cortez
Before printing ANY patient information...
What is verify the printer address/location
Ensuring the instruments/kits were properly sterilized before being used on your patient
What is checking the sterile indicator strip
What you must do to medication or solution which is transferred from the original packaging to another container.
What is label the container?
A short session prior to start in order to share the plan, discuss team formation, assign roles & responsibilities, establish expectations & climate, anticipate outcomes and likely contingencies
What is a Huddle
Used to identify all healthcare workers within the 633 MDG while providing quick access to critical information
What is the 633 MDG ID Badge
P.S. This badge MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES while on shift within the 633 MDG
An event that is reported in joint patient safety reporting system but it did not reach the patient. It was "caught before this occurred."
What is a near miss/good catch
(These are EXTREMELY important to report so we can proactively fix problems before they impact anyone at the hospital)
To promote a ________ ___ _______ to end preventable patient harm by engaging, education & equipping patient-care teams to put evidence based safe practices in place across the organization.
What is culture of safety
What is PEPSI
The seven components of Ready Reliable Care
What is: 1) Preoccupation with failure; 2) Sensitivity to operations; 3) Deference to expertise; 4) Respect for People; 5) Commitment to Resilience; 6) Constancy of purpose; 7) Reluctance to simplify
In case of emergencies, one is located within the dental clinic next to the women's locker room & the other is located in the hospital across from the bathrooms for Oral Surgery
What are the Dental Crash Carts
A DOD reportable patient safety event that reaches the patient and results in either permanent harm or severe temporary harm
What is a sentinel event
Reviewing a patient's medication list for accuracy.
What is medication reconciliation
The primary objective of SBAR is to provide a standardized form of communication between caregivers in providing accurate, clear and complete information during transitions (“hand-offs”) in patient care. The acronym SBAR represents . . .
What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR)
Topics originated by the Joint Commission to promote and enforce major changes in patient safety in thousands of participating health care organizations in the United States.
What are the National Patient Safety Goals
Located in every DTR that should be followed by the doctor/tech team for a safe & accurate delivery of care
What is the 633 DS Time-Out Checklist
The 633 DS achieves top outcomes as a ____ _________ _________ by: improving standardization and reducing variability, mitigating errors to achieve zero harm, celebrating transparency and accountability, and valuing the contributions of all individuals (regardless of rank).
What is a High Reliability Organization (HRO)
A process of information being exchanged between the physician & the patient and/or their legal representative, resulting in their authorization to have an invasive procedure performed.
What is Informed Consent