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Keeping them safe
Creepy crawlys
Miscellaneous
Risky Business
The three P's (preventing problems proactively)
100
A medication error or reaction to the medication that causes a serious reaction
What is Adverse Drug Event
100
One of the most important things you can do to protect patients.
What is wash your hands
100

Alert hospital staffs to a fire or probable fire

What is CODE RED

100
An event that is reported in the incident reporting system but it did not reach the patient, employee or visitors. It was "caught before this occurred".
What is a near miss. (These are extremely important to report so we can proactively fix problems before they impact anyone at the hospital)
100
Medical errors, such as wrong site surgery are less likely to occur when patients confirm their treatment.
What is patient involvement
200
The most crucial step to take to prevent medical errors and keeping patient's safe in transitions of care.
What is handoff communication
200
One way to prevent this infection from occurring is to ensure that the need for it's continued use is evaluated daily and discontinued as soon as possible.
What is Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
200

Command Policy is used for serious incident report

What is Policy # 16

200
A reportable patient safety event (not primarily related to the patient's natural illness or medical condition) that reaches the patient and results: death permanent harm severe temporary harm
What is a sentinel event
200
One way to prevent this is to ensure healthcare workers work reasonable shift hours and get enough sleep between shifts
What is healthcare worker fatigue
300
To feel empowered to stop a process/procedure from occurring when you feel it will cause harm to the patient or employee.
What is called "stop the line"
300

Minutes the contact time for CaviWipes

What is Three minutes

300

A multi-dose medication vial is good once it has been opened for first use

What is 28 days

300
A process of information exchange between the physician and the patient ( or patient's decision maker)resulting in their authorization to have an invasive procedure performed.
What is informed consent.
300
Written documents or oral statement giving instructions on what a patient wishes regarding care is in case they cannot make decisions for themselves.
What is advanced directives
400

The right patient, the right drug, the right time, the right dose, and the right route

What are the 5 Rs in medication

400

A highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus

What is COVID

400
The process whereby the patient and/or patient's decision maker is informed of an adverse event that resulted in harm. This conversation should be documented in the medical record.
What is disclosure
400
Licensed professionals who work proactively and reactively to either prevent incidents or minimize damages following an event.
What is a risk manager
400

A systematic approach developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to integrate teamwork into practice

What is TeamSTEPPS

500
The lines of authority and responsibility within the hospital administration and medical staff governance structure in which employees should follow to help facilitate resolutions with patient care or hospital issues.
What is chain of command.
500

Equipments worn to protect the eyes, face, head, body, arms, hands, legs, and feet from hazards.

What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)

500

A voluntary, confidential, non-punitive reporting system available to collaborate with both private and federal medical facilities.

What is Patient Safety Reporting system

500
The process utilized when a major patient safety event occurs. This process focuses on system failures, not individual performance and looks for the "root" of what caused the event to occur.
What is root cause analysis (RCA)
500
The very first step in providing safe care to the right person. This is utilized before providing any treatment, service or procedures, which include administering medications, blood or blood products, transporting, taking blood samples or other specimens for clinical testing.
What is patient identification