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Medication Safety
Acronyms & Abbreviations
Patient-Focused Items
100
The person in my Department to whom I can take patient safety concerns or suggestions.
Who is my Department's Patient Safety Coach?
100
Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.
What is Hand Hygiene?
100
(P)otassium (I)nsulin (N)arcotics (C)hemotherapy (H)eparin (E)lectrolytes (D)igoxin
What are 'PINCHED' medications?
100
Technique used to communicate a (S)ituation, (B)ackground, (A)ssessment and (R)ecommendation.
What is SBAR?
100
Communication of key patient information from one caregiver, staff member or team to another.
What is a Standardized Handoff?
200
Electronically filed to report an unusual patient or employee safety event.
What is a Safety Event Report?
200
The safest place for pedestrians to cross streets.
What are crosswalks?
200
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?
200
Team members use this Error Prevention technique to check and coach another team member or members by asking questions, requesting changes, and voicing concerns.
What is 'ARCC'?
200
According to the evidence the best method for verifying NG placement prior to feeding.
What is measuring using NEMU?
300
Akron Children's Hospital's Patient Safety Officer.
Who is Dr. Michael Bird?
300
Supports existing safety and quality initiatives by making it safe for employees to report errors without fear of punishment.
What is Just Culture?
300
Verification of accuracy of medication prepared before administering to a patient, by a second individual.
What is the Independent Double-Check?
300
An organization succeeding in avoiding serious safety events and catastrophes in an environment where normal accidents and errors can be expected due to risk factors and complexity.
What is a HRO?
300
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 Medical Record Number?
400
Procedural Sedation QI forms should be completed for all procedural sedations completed in the NICU. The individual(s) that this form should be given to:
Who is Lela or Denise?
400
Technique used to introduce people to patients, families and teams.
What is the 'Name Game'?
400
Independent double check of a drug drip require the second nurse not only to verify the correct order and correct medication dispense but also verify the:
Programming of the drug drip into the IV pump.
400
Technique used to question an answer by qualifying the source of information, validating the contentnad verifying their action.
WHat is 'QVV'?
400
Recreates reality to educate and train healthcare providers in competencies and communications.
What is Simulation?
500
A group of eight Ohio hospitals, including Akron Children's Hospital, who are working together to reduce Serious Safety Events and other events of harm to patients.
What is the Ohio Children's Hospital Solutions for Patient Safety (OCHSPS) Collaborative?
500
Along with the hospital's required independent double check for "Pinched" medication the NICU requires the IDC for:
What is loading doses of anticonvulsants, sedatives, and drug drips?
500
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?
500
The organized method of handoff used in the NICU.
What are the 5 Ps?
500
Safety check at the beginning of each shift and with transfer in the NICU includes:
What is Checking that the anes bag is set up appropriate and inflates, correct size mask, suctioning equipment is set up correctly, and line reconciliation.