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CORE MEASURES
NPSGS
STOP! PROCEDURES
MISCELLANEOUS
HODGE PODGE
100
Core measure recommends this medication to be ordered on arrival and discharge for a heart care patient.
What is aspirin?
100
NPSG goal 1 states you should use these when providing care, treatment and services to avoid wrong-patient errors.
What are two patient identifiers?
100
This should be done immediately prior to starting an invasive procedure or incision.
What is a time-out?
100
The amount of time that the physician has to sign VO/TO.
What is 48 hours?
100
The number of people that have the disaster cabinet key.
What is nine?
200
This may not be used to remove hair from a surgical site.
What is a razor?
200
Because of the difficulty at times in obtaining complete information on current medications, this is considered as meeting the intent of EP.
What is good faith effort?
200
This is how a surgeon/physician marks the surgery/procedure site.
What are initials?
200
An employee must have this training prior to using a blood glucose monitor.
What is Point of Care (POC)?
200
This code is utilized for activating hospital emergency disaster plan.
What is code triage?
300
This lab test is to be drawn when a person arrives at the ED with pneumonia.
What is a blood culture?
300
Number of identifiers required prior to starting a blood transfusion.
What is three patient identifiers?
300
If the surgeon's initials spell N.O. this must be used when marking a surgical site.
What is a middle initial?
300
This is not recommended for cleansing hands in the care of patients with C. Difficile Colitis or any sporaform disease.
What is hand gel?
300
This is the amount of people that constitutes a major disaster.
What is approximately over 10 people?
400
This is given to acutely ill stroke patients who are confined to bed.
What is Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis?
400
The time a prophylactic antibiotic is given prior to a surgical incision.
What is within one hour prior to surgery?
400
This must be done before a procedure takes place when a discrepency is found during the time-out phase.
What is re-verification?
400
This is where you can find names of interpreters.
What is the Intranet?
400
This is the name of the disaster bin located in the Admitting Department.
What is EOC?
500
All patients with ischemic stroke or TIA should have a lipid profile measurement performed within this time of admission.
What is 48 hours?
500
This is the new 2012 NPSG.
What is catheter-associated unrinary tract infection?
500
The nurse and physician must review this prior to chest tube insertion.
What is a chest x-ray?
500
This new equipment allows a ECRMC employee to communicate with a deaf person.
What is NexTalk?
500
Earthquakes, tornados and train wrecks make up this type of disaster.
What is external disaster?