Environment of Care
Infection Control
Patient Rights
Medication Safety
Fun Facts
100

The hospital uses what to identify individual who enter into the facility.

ID Badge/Visitors Badge

100
This is the single most effective way to prevent transmission of infection.
What is Handwashing?
100
Patients learn about their privacy rights by getting “hip” to this form.
What is the Patient Notification of Privacy Rights/HIPAA form?
100

This form in GENESIS, is used by ALL providers  to document and update risk  at each visit.


What is the AD HOC?

100
Before providing care to a patient, you must verify that you have the right patient using two of these.
What are patient identifiers?
200

The new name for JC.

What is The Joint Commission? 

200
Gloves, gowns, masks, eye shields and face shields are all examples of this.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
200
This item is should be given to all new patients, to inform them about their right to be treated with respect, to be involved in decisions related to their care, and that they must also treat our staff with courtesy and respect.
What are the Patient’s Rights & Responsibilities or Patient's Handbook?
200
This clinical care process involves finding out what medications a patient is taking, comparing them to what has been taken in the past, documenting any changes, and checking for safety issues.
What is Medication Reconciliation?
200

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound  

What are SMART goals?

300

This cancels emergency code/response signals return to normal operations. 

What is ALL SECURE?

300

This infection control practice considers all patients to be possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens, and requires PPE to be used when coming into contact with ALL patients blood, urine, or other body fluids.

What are Universal Precautions?

300
Before we provide any type of care to patients, patients must read and sign this document at the time of their first visit, and annually from then on.
What is the Consent to Treat Form?
300

“U”, “IU” and “QD” all appear on this list.

What is the “Do not Use” Abbreviation List or HAM SALAD?

300
Clinic staff keep their medical emergency response skills sharp through these excercises done twice a year.
What are Mock Codes?
400

These inspections are conducted by the Facilities Department to identify and list repairs that need to be performed.

What are Environmental Rounds?

400

Before and after contact, before and after wearing gloves , before and after administering medication, handling food, after touching inanimate objects in the patients room, and when visibly soiled

What is when should you perform hand hygiene?

400
IUD insertion, tooth extractions, incision and drainage, and root canals are all examples of procedures that require obtaining this from the patient before the procedure is performed.
What is informed consent?
400
When a sample medication is dispensed to a patient, the provider verifies that it is the correct medication, scans it into the sample medication system and writes this information in the progress note.
What are the name of the sample medication, the dose, and dosing instructions?
400

The code YELLOW instructions are from security; and one should report to observation Post; Ensure no entry to or Exit from the hospital except for controlled access points.  And you are to do?

What is a Code Yellow?

500

This type of safety exercise prepares staff to keep employees, patients and visitors safe in the case of loss of power, earthquake, or other unexpected events.

What are emergency or disaster drills?

500

These items are found  around the clinic after Amazon has delivered copy paper, often attracting bugs and causes waste. 

What is packing boxes. 

500
This is a way for patients to formally communicate what type of healthcare they want if they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity, and to appoint a person to make such decisions on their behalf.
What is an Advance Directive?
500
If medications on this list are given to a patient at our clinic, specific precautions must be taken, because they have a higher possibility of causing harm.
What is the "high alert medication list?"
500

You may access your own medical record or that of a family member if you would like to get your results back sooner.

What is FALSE