Environment of Care/ Patient Safety
This is where drinks belong
What is the breakroom or hydration station?
This is worn to demonstrate your compliance and commitment to hand hygiene
What is a Biovigil badge?
This is when a pain re-assessment needs to be documented.
What is within one hour after pain medication administration?
The meaning of RACE and PASS
What is
Relocate/ Activate/ Contain/ Extinguish
Pull/ Aim/ Squeeze/ Sweep
I should never say this to a Joint Commission surveyor.
What is "I don't know"?
(Try, I know where I can find that or I know who to ask)
One way to ensure a product is still safe to use.
What is checking for expiration dates?
This is the dry time for Oxivir Wipes.
What is one minute?
These need to be documented if a patient is high risk for falls.
What are fall prevention interventions?
This is who can shut off oxygen or medical gas
Respiratory Therapy
We should not be storing these in the pass-through drawers.
What is lancets, syringes, lab tubes, and flushes?
I can find information regarding disposal of hazardous medication here.
What are the SDS sheets (located on the intranet)?
This is the dry time for the bleach wipes.
What is four minutes?
This must be documented prior to discharge for all moderate sedation and anesthesia cases.
What is a modified Mayo score that is back to baseline?
This is the only time when I would use the badge readers under the plastic covering located at HUC station and each pod.
What is an active shooter situation?
This is an appropriate method to use to educate patients on their discharge instructions.
What is the teach-back method? (and document the education that you provided)
This must be completed by a provider before a patient undergoes moderate sedation.
What is a mallampati score?
This is the most effective way to prevent infection.
What is hand hygiene?
This is how to capture interpreter usage or refusal.
What is documentation in cares/safety flowsheet and a comment if patient refuses?
This is where we should evacuate through in case an evacuation is necessary.
What is the parking lot in front of the ED?
This is how patient behavioral issues are communicated between team members.
What is a Behavioral Safety Plan (BSP)?
Must be completed on every patient to determine patient's risk for self-harm.
What is the suicide risk assessment?
This is when disinfecting of medical equipment should take place.
What is when visible soil is present, equipment and surfaces may be contaminated, equipment moves form patient to patient, equipment used on a patient with an infection?
Must be present in all patient's charts prior to any procedure or blood transfusion.
What is the consent form?
This signifies the location of the fire extinguisher.
What is pay attention to detail, communicate clearly, speak up and respond respectfully, hand off effectively, and support each other?