CORE MEASURES
NPSGS
INDWELLING CATHETERS
MISCELLANEOUS
CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS
100
Core measure states that any patient this age or older during current flu season should be screened for influenza vaccination status.
What is 50 years?
100
The Universal Protocol is based on preventing these three things.
What are wrong-person, wrong-site, and wrong-procedure surgery?
100
You must obtain this if a patient comes in with an indwelling catheter or after inserting an indwelling catheter
What is a urinalysis and culture and sensitivity?
100
Documenting care that was not done is known as this.
What is fraud?
100
This is the length of time that you must disinfect catheter hubs, needleless connectors, and injection ports for.
What is a 15 second hub scrub?
200
This must be done if a patient has a clear history of cigarette smoking anytime during the past year.
What is smoking cessation advice/counseling?
200
NPSG.07.01.01. You must comply with either the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the current World Health Organization (WHO) for these guidelines.
What is hand hygiene guidelines?
200
This is how often a patient with an indwelling catheter will receive meatal care.
What is once a shift and PRN?
200
The acronym, S.A.F.E. stands for this.
What is Staff Against Falls Everywhere?
200
The number of days that Central line dressing change is to be performed.
What is seven (7) days?
300
Statin drugs are recommended for those persons who have LDL cholesterol levels above this amount.
What is 100?
300
Securing catheters for unobstructed urine flow and drainage will help in preventing this.
What is Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)?
300
This is why you do not check patency of the catheter balloon.
What is - wrinkles in the balloon, after inflation, can cause urethral trauma?
300
A patient admitted with influenza will be admitted to this type of isolation.
What is droplet?
300
The amount of time that hubs are to be replaced.
What is every 72 hours?
400
Blood cultures are drawn prior to antibiotic administration to screen for this.
What is antibiotic resistance?
400
The time a prophylactic antibiotic is given prior to a surgical incision.
What is within one hour prior to surgery?
400
To prevent reflux of urine, which may contain bacteria, you must avoid doing this with the drainage bag.
What is raising the drainage bag above bladder level?
400
Do not leave a wound vac off for more than this amount of time in a 24 hour period
What is 2 hours?
400
This person will place the initial dressing post insertion.
What is provider?
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 must be done in the presence of the patient when collecting blood or other specimens.
What is label containers?
500
The catheter should be removed as soon as it's no longer needed to prevent this.
What is catheter-associated urinary tract infection (cauti)?
500
When performing ostomy care, ECRMC's policy states to clean around the stoma with this.
What is warm water?
500
True or False: An RN can remove a non-tunneled CVC with a physician's order.
What is true?