Patient Communication Assistance
A patient with Limited English Proficiency has limited ability to speak, read, or understand English well; true or false?
TRUE
When should hand hygiene be done?
After touching blood and body fluid
Immediately after gloves are removed
Between tasks and procedures on the same patient
After touching contaminated items
This is the contact time for Virex Plus.
What is 3 minutes?
A Surgical Support Assistant (SSA) was handling specimen containers containing 10% buffered formalin. The cover on one of the containers broke and the formalin spilled into the shoes of the SSA. In which of the following places can the SSA find the first aid information on formalin?
In the patient Electronic Health Record
In the Safety Data Sheet
In the SSA’s supervisor log
In the Material’s Management Requisition sheet
In the Safety Data Sheet.
Who is responsible for proper waste disposal?
The SSA
The anesthesia providers
The surgeon and fellows
The RN and CST
Everyone
EVERYONE
At MSK, these two vendors provide telephone interpretation services at any time.
Pacific Interpreters and Certified Language Interpreters
True or False: Hand Hygiene is the single most important way to prevent the transmission of disease.
True.
The contact time for PDI Purple Top.
What is two minutes
How do you protect the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI)?
Log off computer terminals when not in use and at the end of the shift.
General regular trash includes all of the following except:
Food waste
Uncontaminated PPE
Empty bloody and bodily fluid containers
Batteries and light bulbs
Batteries and light bulbs.
A professional interpreter should be used for this/these forms of healthcare communication. (Select all that apply)
All of the above.
Handwashing with soap and water is indicated when? Select all that apply.
All of the above.
Which is not considered to be PPE:
Mask
Scrubs
Gowns
Gloves
Scrubs
In medication administration, which is not a MSK approved abbreviation
.5mg
Which of the following situations are hazardous and require intervention?
Fire doors are propped or taped open open
Fire alarm or pull stations are blocked
Dirty, damaged, or misplaced ceiling tiles
Full and empty oxygen cylinders are stored separately from each other
Fire doors are propped or taped open open
Fire alarm or pull stations are blocked
Dirty, damaged, or misplaced ceiling tiles
True or False: Bilingual MSK staff fluent in the language of the patient under their direct care does not need to use the interpreter service.
TRUE
Hand hygiene can be done using all of the following except:
Soap and water
Alcohol-based hand sanitizer
Mineral oil
Purell
Mineral Oil
______ mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing.
Open
Cover
Touch
Close
Cover
How should you respond when asked a question by a JC Surveyor?
Why are cardboard and corrugated boxes prohibited in the O.R.?
They are generators and reservoirs of dust
In large quantities they are combustible and pose a fire hazard
They harbor insects, vermin, molds, and mildew
Family members, friends, and non-hospital personnel may act as interpreters under the following circumstances. Select all the apply.
Which statement is true about Standard Precautions?
Standard Precautions include hand hygiene and personal protective equipment.
Contact time is defined as the time it takes:
Contact time is the time it takes for a disinfectant to remain in contact with the surface to kill the organisms
A written copy of the Patients’ Bill of Rights is given to the patient
At the time of initial registration
Operating and procedure rooms must be cleaned and disinfected...
Once a week
Only when the room looks visibly soiled
After each patient procedure
After each patient procedure.