PRACTICE HEALTH & SAFETY
Simplest and best technique to prevent infection
What is Handwashing
Name of the virus causing the current pandemic
What is COVID
Law that requires protection of sensitive patient health information
What is HIPAA
The persons responsible to say something if they see something
Who is everyone
Making health care safer is the responsibility of these individuals
Who is everyone
Type of medications that are now prohibited from being stored or distributed at Optum sites
What are sample meds
The Number 1 goal of Employee Health
What is
Process of comparing a patient's medication orders to all of the medications that the patient has been taking.
What is Medication Reconciliation
human error
What is human error
One goal of the culture of Safety is to reduce patient harm to this level
What is Zero harm or No harm
The surgical team's short pause to confirm that they are about to perform the correct procedure on the correct body part of the correct patient
What is a Time Out
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Needlesticks
Document signed by provider and patient after discussion of upcoming procedure
What is Informed Consent
An event or situation that could have resulted in an accident, injury or illness, but did not, either by chance or by timely intervention
What is a near miss
To prevent instances of mis-identification and near-miss error, The Joint Commission requires this
What are 2 patient identifiers
Program for employees exposure control from aerosol transmissible diseases
What is N95 Fit testing
Method of problem solving looking at cause and effect and used for identifying the original causes of faults, errors or problems.
What is root cause analysis
Techniques and responses used to address escalating or aggressive behavior
What is de-escalation techniques
The concept that there will be no punishment for reporting errors
What is non retaliation
Regulates and provides certification for laboratory testing
What is CLIA
A long-term stress reaction marked by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a lack of sense of personal accomplishment.
What is burnout