I love to Code.
Changed in 2024, this is the new name for Code Silver.
Active Shooter
According to LVDHC policy, you must wash your hands for a minimum of this?
20 seconds.
Other than the safety office, this person should be the only one responding to a Green Button.
The person accepting the request.
When dealing with any hazardous waste, this must always be worn.
PPE - Personal Protective Equipment
This has been the most common cause of injury at LVDHC in the last two years.
Slips and Trips
Changed in 2024, this is the new name for Code Green.
Severe Weather
This should be used for cleanup if someone is cut, and it drips on the floor.
Blood clean-up kit
This is located in the Pharmacy, Dental and Lobby PSR station and only used during a bomb threat phone call.
Bomb threat checklist.
This is always required on a bottle when chemicals are transferred from one container to another.
Hazardous Waste Label
You may need to wear a harness to avoid this type of injury.
Fall from Heights
If you receive a phone call during a Code Black, what should you never do after the call is over?
Hang up the phone
If a patient comes in with respiratory issues, they are required to wear this.
Mask
This is a free program offered by LVDHC for Employees and family members who maybe having issues at work or home.
EAP - Employee Assistance Program
This is the location all used hazardous waste should be brought before leaving site.
Lab
If you are in an uncomfortable situation, this discrete method can be used for signaling for help.
Green Button
Two acronyms used in fire extinguisher training to remember what to do and how to use an extinguisher.
Race - Rescue, Alert, Confine and Extinguish
Pass - Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
After a patient is seen in exam or treatment rooms, this person is responsible for wiping down all surfaces.
Direct care staff
This event can occur anytime during the year between the lab and any employee.
Random Drug Test
If there is an incident in the facility, who is responsible for reporting the incident?
The person involved or saw the incident. You own it.
Poor Ergonomic workstations can cause this in your wrists.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Twice in 2023, this code occurred but was not announced over the speaker system.
This policy was developed in 2023 after a small critter was seen on a patient.
Bed Bug and other Transmissible Parasites
This is the name for any LVDHC employee who must be drug free even from marijuana.
Sensitive Employee
Although 9 Volt, AAA, AA, C and D alkaline can be disposed in the regular garbage, this battery needs to be recycled and brought to the maintenance shop
Lithium Battery
In 2022, 43,500 deaths were reported annually because of this.