2 patient identifiers for patients without armbands in the ambulatory setting
What is name and date of birth?
100
The amount of time that you have to report the critical test result to the licensed practioner
What is 30 minutes
100
This practice must be performed before and after direct patient care, contact with the environment, before and after gloving
What is hand hygiene
100
This is the process of comparing a patients current medications with the medications that are ordered when they are in our care
What is Medication Reconciliation
100
These individuals are authorized to write patient orders
What is a Licensed Independant Practitioner
200
Name and Medical Record
What are the 2 patient identifiers for patients with armbands
200
Name of person notified, the date, time and information reported to them
What is the required documentation when reporting a critical test result
200
Prior to these two procedures, patient and family education is required in order to reduce the risk of infection
What is Central line insertion and what is surgery
200
These individuals are responsible for obtaining the current list of medications from patients who are admitted to the hospital
Who are Physicians and Advanced Practice Nurses
300
This must occur during every handoff communication
What is the ability to ask questions and recieve information
300
We educate patients and families about hand hygiene and isolation in order to prevent transmission of this
What is MDRO (Multi-Drug Resistant Organism)
300
Over the counter drugs, vitamins, herbal products, contrast media, IV's and neutraceuticals
What are medications
400
When administering medication blood products, collecting specimens, and prior to treatments and procedures
When must you use 2 patient identifiers
400
This must be done when taking telephone orders, verbal orders or critical test results
What is write down read back
400
This test is performed prior to starting Anticoagulation therapy and as a periodic assessment for patients recieveing long-term Anticoagulation therapy
What is a PTT or INR
500
What information must you match prior to giving blood
Match blood to order, match patient to blood and use 2 patient identifiers
500
The list of critical values and test results is found here
What is Administrator Policy TX-46 (Urgent Emergent Test Result Reporting)
500
Whenever patients are admitted, transferred to another service, settings for level of care, when they change attending physicians and when new med's are ordered