Safety & Quality
Policies used to monitor, evaluate, and improve healthcare services.
Quality Improvement
This hospital emergency code is used for a cardiac arrest.
Code Blue
Fuel, heat, and oxygen make up these three elements needed for a fire to start and continue burning.
This document contains detailed information about a chemical's ingredients, hazards, proper use, and first-aid treatment.
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
This protective equipment should be worn when chemicals, flames, heating, or glassware could injure the eyes.
Safety Goggles
A healthcare practice focused on preventing errors and making care as safe as possible.
Culture of Safety
This hospital emergency code is used for a hazardous-material spill.
Code Orange
This fire-response acronym stands for Rescue, Alarm, Contain, and Extinguish.
RACE
This OSHA standard requires employers to educate workers about chemical hazards in the workplace.
OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
During a disaster, healthcare workers should remain calm and follow the directions of this person.
Supervisor
A healthcare environment where errors and problems are discussed openly in a blame-free, nonjudgmental way.
Just Culture
This hospital emergency code is used for an infant or child abduction.
Code Pink
This fire-extinguisher acronym stands for Pull, Aim, Squeeze, and Sweep.
This emergency equipment should be used immediately if a chemical splashes into the eyes.
Eyewash Station
Even a minor laboratory accident should immediately be reported to one of these people.
Instructor or Supervisor
This private, nonprofit organization accredits healthcare facilities and establishes standards for patient safety and quality of care.
The Joint Commission
This hospital emergency code is used when a dangerous person with a weapon is in the facility.
Code Silver
This class of fire extinguisher is used for energized electrical equipment.
This radiation-safety acronym means “As Low As Reasonably Achievable.”
ALARA
This community program teaches disaster preparedness, fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.
CERT — Community Emergency Response Training
This agency within the Department of Health and Human Services works to improve the safety, quality, and accessibility of the U.S. healthcare system.
AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Something that may result in damage, harm, or an undesirable health outcome.
According to RACE, this should be done first when a patient or another person is in immediate danger from a fire.
Rescue
These three factors are used to reduce radiation exposure under the ALARA principle.
Time, Distance, and Shielding
This safety rule says workers should never perform a laboratory task without first carefully doing this.
Read and Follow All Directions