What's Going Around?
Flipchart, PPE, Signage, Precautions
What are items used for patient isolation situations?
(All found on CLICK>Departments>Infection Prevention>Isolation Resources.
What does R.A.C.E. stand for?
Rescue, alarm, contain, evacuate/extinguish
Discussing patient information in the hallway, keeping exam doors open, getting into a chart of a patient you are not involved in care for, or not locking computer screen
What are ways to not keep patient information private and a potential violation of HIPPA?
DNV asks you a question you do not know the answer to you should
What is tell them you know where to find the policy? (On CLICK and you can grab someone to help you. Don't freak out!)
Only allowed in permissible designated areas and staff break room. Not in patient care areas.
What are staff food and drink?
Supplies should not be stored in these.
What are shipping boxes?
Should be secure and not over full (not more than 2/3 way full)
What are needle boxes?
Must be signed, dated, and timed.
What are procedural/treatment consents?
Policies and Procedures can be easily accessed and reviewed here.
Where is Click>Policies and Procedures?
Equipment without this identifier should never be used on premises and needs updated annually.
What are the orange Biomed Stickers?
No Cracks, Tears, Disrepair
What is furniture?
Items must be 18 inches below this.
What is a sprinkler head?
IU,
.U, u,
Q.D., QD, q.d.
QOD, q.o.d.
What are unapproved abbreviations?
We don't know when the survey will happen because the DNV is required for the visits to be
What is unannounced?
Items needing to be locked
What are all medications, needles, and syringes?
Must be stored separately, behind closed doors, and not on floor.
What are clean and dirty items?
Free from obstruction and clutter. Extra items placed to one side.
What are fire exits and hallways?
All medications, tests, and treatments for patient must have this.
What is a documented MD order?
The most important participant in the DNV survey.
Who is all of us?
Remove from patient care area, tag item, and call Biomed
What you do if you find malfunctioning equipment?
Perform hand hygiene.
What is before and after every patient interaction regardless of glove use, between contaminated and clean sites, after contact with blood and body fluids, and after contact with surfaces in immediate vicinity of patient; mucous membranes, non-intact skin, or wound dressings?
No more than 12 of these organized by empty, partial, and full present in storage area.
What are properly secured O2 tanks?
Allergies, Vaccination Screening, Tobacco Screening, and updated Medication list.
What are things to be documented/updated during patient visit?
The system used by the surveyors to follow individual patients through their care, evaluating multiple care units, departments, and services rendered to the patient.
What is the Tracer Methodology?
Current Net Promoter Score and our 2022 "Goal" Score
What is 77.4 and 79, respectively?