Infection Prevention
The length of time to wash your hands with soap and water
What is 15-20 seconds or singing happy birthday?
18 inches
What is the clearance of items from the ceiling in a room with a sprinkler system?
All signatures need to have this
What is date and time?
TJC surveys this often
What is approximately every 3 years?
Things that we put into place to get things fixed
What are action plans?
the kill time (or how long something must remain wet) for the Purple Top Wipes
What is 2 minutes?
RACE Acronym
two ways we identify patients
What is name and date of birth?
They come on behalf of CMS when there is a complaint
What is Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS or DHSR)?
When departments are trying to improve work/projects
What is Performance Improvement or PI?
the kill time (or how long something must remain wet) for the Orange Top (bleach) Wipes
What is 4 minutes
Pass Acronym
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
multidose vials good for this amount of time once they are opened
What is 28 days?
EMTALA stands for this
What is Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act?
The rule that says we have to protect patient's privacy is called this.
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA?
What you see that you know the expiration date of an item
What is an hourglass, exp, or use by date?
You know an oxygen tank is full when it is this
What is in the green?
This machine checks blood sugars
What is a glucometer?
IJ
What is Immediate Jeopardy?
The government body that allows TJC to survey our hospital.
What is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid or CMS?
If you use an eye wash station you should rinse your eyes for this long
What is at least 15 minutes?
Where you aim a fire extinguisher at
What is at the base of the fire?
RN and LPN
What is a Registered Nurse and a Licensed Practical Nurse?
AO
What is Accreditation Organization?
The third planet from the sun
What is Earth?