B2L News
The person responsible for staying up-to-date on events and deadlines such as annual benefit enrollment, performance reviews, organizational events, policy revisions and changes, process updates
Who is Me (all employees)?
3 patients arrived DOA at the hospital from a house fire; Their LTKA was 2200 EST; the hospital did NOT have a morgue so patients were placed in refrigeration at 1230 EST by ME. We have ____ hours from TOD to complete the recovery.
What is 15 hours?
You are provided multiple contacts for NOK by the hospital on a registered donor – a wife, an adult daughter, and a niece. Provide the first person that should be contacted.
Who is the Wife?
-For registered donor we should still attempt the most appropriate individual in the hierarchy.
What dropdown is selected on the DC tracker "Reason" column when the case is pending NOK information and the case is unable to be assigned to a DS?
Delayed 1st attempt
Name all the registry locations that our department has access too.
What is California, Nevada, Virginia, Tennessee, New Mexico, and National?
The deadline for FY 24 Performance review – Employee self-evaluations.
What is 11/30/2024?
Only _________ processor(s) is/are needed to accept a disease/ailment in order for the patient to be eligible for T/E donation.
What is One?
Not Registered - The hospital provides the following individuals as next of kin: An adult step-brother and an adult grandchild. The patient is an adult who is not married and has no adult children and his parents are deceased. Name the appropriate individual to speak with about donation.
Who is the Grandchild?
What 2 questions should be asked prior to starting a new referral?
1. Is the patient on a vent and has a heartbeat?
2. Is this a new referral or was the patient previously been referred?
True or False: A person can be registered donor and not have a heart on their driver’s licenses.
What is True? (national registry, POA, AD)
The Quality Indicator score I should enter as a Division Employee for the Core Values section of the Performance Review.
What is 3?
A patient will be labeled as having risk factors for being incarcerated for __________ with in _____ days prior to recovery.
What is > 72 hours and 30 days prior?
The restriction for a patient located in the donor registry in the state of Washington.
What is Research/education?
What are the 3 points you want to confirm on the registry when speaking with NOK?
1. Name
2. Date of Birth
3. Address
Hawaii does not recognize _____/_____ on their donation registry form.
What is Research/Education?
The methods used to communicate organizational events and updates, and the best resource to look for upcoming events and need to know information.
What is...
1. Bright Sign Boards in Bridge2Life Comm Center
2. Organizational Email Notices
3. DSTNY SharePoint***
These 3 factors must be considered when using the Sepsis Screening Algorithm. *(must named in order)*
1. What is Blood Cultures
2. What is Documented Sepsis?
3. What are High WBCs and High Temps?
A patient is found in the state donor registry with a registry date of 2021. A living will is also on file with the hospital declining donation and it was signed in 2019. Name the document we would honor.
What is the donor registry?
The Location Where the Self-Evaluations are Completed.
What is ADP?
A patient signed up in 2001 at the DMV to be a registered donor; their AD paperwork states they declined donation in 1999. The patient is a _______ donor.
What is registered?
-Because they signed up in 2001/ most update to date ppw says they were registered.
3 examples of things you can find on the DSTNY SharePoint
What is...
1. Service Anniversaries
2. Birthdays
3. Employee Spotlight
4. New Staff Welcome
5. Upcoming Events
6. Shout Outs for Recognition
A 70-Year-Old Male with a history of Cataract SX and non-ambulatory has eligibility concerns for ______ and a rule out for _____.
What is bone and eyes?
Registered Donor – You are provided multiple contacts for NOK – a brother, a cousin, and an adult child. The brother is the first family member we are able to make contact with and he does not want to support the registry. Provide Your Next Steps.
What is...
1.Advocate for registry
2. Indicate we would need to speak to the most appropriate person in the hierarchy (in this case the adult child).
The process if there is a discrepancy on what was provided by another state registry vs what’s on our Resource.
What is...
DS start with Sr. DS for escalation then escalate to AOC.
RSS should escalate to AOC.
The 4 Donor Designations that can be selected in iTx.
What is Registered Yes, Registered No, Not registered, Not available?