Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.
What is Hand Hygiene?
100
Spotlight on Safety.
What is the new program designed to decrease the number of interruptions during medication administration and decrease medication errors ?
100
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?
100
Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.
What is hand washing before and after patient care?
200
RL Solutions Incident/Occurrence Reporting System
What is used to report an occurrence/incident?
200
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?
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
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?
200
Gloves, impermeable gowns and safety googles
What is examples of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
300
Robert Morrow
Who is the facility safety officer?
300
PolicyStat
What is the system you can review CVMCs policies?
300
Five (5) RIGHTS of MEDICATION SAFETY
1. Right Patient
2. Right Medication
3. Right Dose
4. Right Time
5. Right Route
300
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)?
300
This product is NOT allowed to be used for hand washing if there is visible soiling or if C.Diff is present
What is alcohol based hand sanitizers?
400
Jennifer Coello
Who is CVMCs Ethics and Compliance Officer?
400
Block off the area; notify the supervisor who will then contact Environmental Services.
What do you do in the event of a Harardous Material Spill?
400
The process of obtaining a verbal telephone 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.
400
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)?
400
Cleaning patient equipment (such as B/P machine) is completed
What is after every patient use?
500
John Hess
Who is CVMCs Hazardous Materials Officer?
500
Code Adam/Amber
What code do you call if you discover a infant or child missing from the unit?
500
Vial labeled with expiration date; consider good for 28 days, unless otherwise instructed
What is a multi-dose medication vial that is opened to be used on the unit.
500
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 . . .