Infection Control
Completed before and after entering a patient's room.
Hand Hygiene
Using at least 2 patient identifiers and labeling specimens while in the presence of the patient, for example.
Identify patients correctly
Completed by nursing on admission, after a patient falls, and when their is a significant change in patient status.
Fall risk assessment or Morse fall risk assessment
Emergency exits and including all hallways.
Egress
Obtained from the patient and/or patient's authorized representative after being informed on the nature, risks, and benefits of the proposed treatment and of the possible alternatives by the responsible practitioner.
Includes signage is posted outside of the patients door and a physician's order is obtained.
How we communicate Isolation
Get important test results to the right staff person on time.
Improve staff communication
Introduced to a patient and/or family and signed by them on admission.
Partnership to Prevent a Fall
RACE
Completed within 8 hours of admission.
Nursing admission assessments
Includes one b/p cuff per patient, clean equipment between each patient, wiping down workstation on wheels, being aware of contact times and ensuring equipment stays wet for contact times.
How we prevent the spread of infection
Take care with patients that take medicines to thin their blood, Record and pass along correct information about a patient's medicines, and label medicines that are not labeled, for example.
Use medicines safely
Includes assessing the pt. for injury, completing an incident report, notifying the MD, family, and supervisor, conducting a post-fall huddle, and completing a post fall event form.
What to do if there is a patient fall
Cannot be left unattended for over thirty minutes or it is considered "stored."
Workstations on wheels.
Includes screening all persons entering the hospital, universal mask usage, social distancing, universal goggles for direct patient care, pts masked when outside of the room.
How we are keeping our patient and staff safe
Requires an N95 Mask fitting and a special room.
Airborne precautions
Reduce risk for suicide
Identify patient safety risks
Interdisciplinary fall committee in place that meets to discuss areas of improvement and ways to decrease fall, hand-off communication, and signage to alert staff.
How we reduce fall rates
Our safety officer
Oscar Nieves
Requires an order to initiate and the patient must be monitored at a minimum of every 2 hours if initiated for patient safety.
A restraint
Precaution that designates patients who have been diagnosed with C-diff.
Contact Plus/Enteric Precautions
Make improvements to ensure that alarms on medical equipment are heard and responded to on time.
Use Alarms Safely
It's in all nursing areas; An awareness of all call lights and alarms, with an expectation that they should be answered by all staff is known as this.
A No Pass Zone
The person you should notify if you notice any discolored or ruined ceiling tiles.
Director of Plant Ops
Is reassessed 30-60 minutes after the medication is given and is documented in the patient's record.
Pain assessment