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This is a document which outlines what patients can expect from the IHC while they are a patient as well as what is expected of patients of IHC. This document is posted throughout IHC as well as on the islclinic.com website.
What is Patient Rights and Responsibilities
This is a document that gives information for handling chemicals and hazardous substances and is abbreviated as SDS.
What is Safety Data Sheet?
This group of administrators is responsible for all areas of operation and performance of the IHC
What is the Health Board?
This acronym helps you remember what to do if you notice a fire.
What is RACE? (Rescue - Alarm - Confine - Extinguish/Evacuate)
This is the single most important method to prevent the spread of infection
What is Hand Hygiene
This form that is used to request an interpreter for a patient appointment resides in this location.
What is the intranet.
These two identifiers must be verified with each patient encounter
What is Name and Date of Birth?
You receive a call from the professor of a student asking to verify the student illness for which he was treated earlier in the day. You know that to divulge such information would be a breach of :
What is HIPAA
This is used to quickly identify the meaning of a code.
What is the Emergency Color Code card?
This process eliminates microorganisms on surgical instruments.
What is sterilization?
This form is used by patients to file a comment or complaint about their visit at IHC.
What is the Patient Satisfaction Form?
To make sure that we keep a safe supply of medications and patient supplies, we check our patient care areas monthly for
What are expired medications and supplies?
an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness or damage, but had the potential to do so.
What is a Near Miss?
This code is used for disruptive behavior.
What is Code Purple?
Charts are reviewed for quality of care and documentation. The primary goal of this activity is to improve the quality of care and safety of an organization and is mandated by AAAHC for accreditation.
What is Peer Review?
When you hear this alert called, you will know that patient assistance is needed.
What is Code Yellow
IHC's Quality Improvement Coordinator
Who is Dominic Trujillo?
This color code often indicates an active threat.
What is CODE SILVER?
These items are used when exposure to blood or bodily fluids is possible.
What is personal protective equipment (PPE)?
This process involves measuring performance, identifying opportunities for improvement, and implementing changes.
What is Quality Improvement (QI)?
When you hear this emergency code paged overhead in IHC, you know that there is a medical emergency
What is "Code Blue"?
During the AAAHC survey, you are approached by the surveyor and do not know the answer to her question. What do you do?
What is remain calm and tell the surveyor that you will find the answer or someone who will know it?
Enternal/Internal disaster such as a gas leak, or a server outage.
What is a CODE ORANGE?
These apply to every patient regardless of diagnosis.
What are standard precautions?