Life Safety and Environment
In areas that have sprinklers installed we need this many inches of clearance below the sprinkler head.
What is 18?
This priority includes standards for antimicrobial stewardship, catheter-associated UTI, and central-line infections.
What is Infection Prevention?
This goal is to improve staff communication by getting important test results to the right staff person on ______.
What is time?
The hospital must undergo an on-site survey at least every ____ year(s).
What is 3?
PI stands for this when naming standards.
What is Performance Improvement?
This program provides information about the identity and hazards of chemicals used in our facility.
What is Hazcom?
The Joint Commission standards overall focus is on this.
What is patient safety and/or quality?
Make improvements to ensure that ______ on medical equipment are heard and responded to on time.
What is alarms?
Laboratories are surveyed separate from hospitals and must undergo a surveyed every ____ year(s).
What is 2?
MS stands for this when naming standards.
What is Medical Staff?
LS.02.01.20 Means of Egress standard states corridors must be clear of obstructions for fire rescue. This many feet wide corridor is optimal to allow two hospital beds to pass.
What is 8?
__________ preparedness is defined as "a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action in an effort to ensure coordination during incident response".
What is emergency?
What is required to be done before starting a surgery to make sure a mistake is not being made?
What is pause or time-out?
The Joint Commission site visit is called this.
What is a survey?
LD stands for this when naming our standards.
What is Leadership?
This type of cart is allowed to be stored in the means of egress per TJC.
What is Crash Cart?
This is an act or threat occurring at the workplace that can include verbal, nonverbal, written, or physical aggression.
What is workplace violence?
We are required to encourage all patients bring a list of what to every doctors visit?
What is medications?
During a survey, surveyors select patient at _______, and use their medical records as a roadmap to evaluate standard compliance.
What is random?
MM stands for this when naming our standards.
What is Medication Management?
EC.02.03.01 requires a written fire response plan and must include how to use a fire extinguisher. PASS stands for this.
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep?
Bonus because I couldn't come with another question!
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This many identifiers are needed at minimum to verify patient identity.
What is two?
Joint Commission can take up to two _____ to render their decision after a survey.
What is months?
This standard, introduced January 2023, involves reducing what type of disparities our minority patients face?
What is racial or ethnic?