People and Things
Krissy Lamoureaux
Who is the Risk Manager at Encompass Tallahassee?
Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.
What is Hand Hygiene?
The program for reporting an event that could have caused harm but was caught before reaching the individual.
What is Good Catch?
Examples include QD., qod, U, IU, MS, MSO4, MgSO4, the use of a trailing zero (x.0 mg) or lack of leading zero (.xmg).
What is the DO NOT USE ABBREVIATIONS list?
The name of the scale used at time of admission to determine a patient's risk for skin breakdown.
What is the BRADEN scale?
RL6 Incident Report form
What is filed to report an unsafe condition, near miss, or event?
Topics originated by the Joint Commission to promote and enforce major changes in patient safety in thousands of participating health care organizations in the United States.
What are the National Patient Safety Goals?
An interdisciplinary process comparing a complete list of medications that the patient has been taking prior to admission, with the medications that will be provided during hospitalization; performed at pre-admission, admission and/or at time of transfer or discharge.
What is MEDICATION RECONCILIATION?
Drugs, which by the nature of their name, are involved in a high percentage of medication errors or other adverse outcomes. Examples include Novolog and Novolin-R, Oxycodone and Oxycontin, Hydromorphone and Morphine, Heparin and Hespan
What are Look Alike - Sound Alike medications?
KEY to fall prevention is an acronym to remind us of steps to take to prevent falls. KEY stands for:
What is Knowledge, Environment, You?
Natalie Ryder
Who is the CEO at Encompass?
15 days.
What is the number of days the Risk Manager has to report an Adverse Event?
What you must do to verify the correct medication is being given to the correct patient.
What is the Rights of Medication Administration?
The primary objective of SBAR is to provide a standardized form of communication between caregivers in providing accurate, clear and complete information during transitions (“hand-offs”) in patient care. The acronym SBAR represents . . .
What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR)?
These two patient identifiers are used prior to administering medications, performing treatments, obtaining and labeling any specimens at bedside, and prior to administering any blood products.
What is the patient's NAME and DATE OF BIRTH (DOB)?
Jim McCammon
Who is the Encompass Safety Officer?
The most frequently reported adverse patient event by hospitals.
What are falls?
The process of obtaining a phone or verbal order from a physician involves these three steps.
What is: 1. write down the order 2. read-back the order 3. verify the order as written with the prescribing individual?
Examples include central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), surgical site infections (SSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), clostridium difficile infection (CDI), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
What are Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)?
This is the first thing that should be done if you observe a patient on the floor.
What is assess for injuries and wait for the team to arrive?
A group of people who work together to ensure that the patient achieves the maximum level of independence.
What is the Interdisciplinary Team?
The model that guides the interactions we should have with patients, families, team members, and visitors.
What is CPR?
Pyxis
What is the name of the medication dispensing system?
FMEA is a systematic, proactive method for evaluating a process to identify the parts of the process that are most in need of change. The acronym FMEA represents . . .
What is Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)?
You are a nurse and approached by a family member of one of your patients. She indicates that her Mom (patient) appears to be "not right." After assessing the patient you determine you need help. Who do you call for additional assistance?
What is the CODE ICE or Rapid Response Team?