Infection Control
This is considered the most crucial for reducing the risk of health care associated infections.
What is Hand Hygiene?
Right medication, right patient, right dose, right route, right time and right documentation.
What is the six (6) rights of medication adminstration?
Areas of the hospital where a service animal would be excluded.
What is an Operating Room? Or what is limited access areas?
Any act of violence or threat of violence that occurs at work. It can include physical abuse, verbal abuse, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening behavior.
What is workplace violence?
The right to refuse treatment, the right to privacy, and the right to access their medical records.
What are three examples of rights a patient has in healthcare?
OSHA does NOT define this as a potentially infectious bodily fluid.
What is sweat?
This is the process of creating an accurate list of all medications a patient is taking, including name, dosage, frequency and route.
What is medication reconciliation?
When healthcare workers are unable to determine what service an animal provides, they may ask two (2) questions, is the dog a service animal and ___________.
What work or task has the dog been trained to perform.?
The tool[s] that are available to help prevent employee injuries when moving/transferring patients?
What is a gait belt, walker, sara steady, smooth mover board, and angel sliders?
______ is the most common adverse event reported in hospitals. Each year, around 250,000 injuries and up to 11,000 deaths are related to this event.
What is a fall?
This is an infection in the bloodstream that occurs in patients who have a central venous catheter.
What is a CLABSI (central line-associated bloodstream infection)?
This high alert medication[s] requires independent double-checking before administration.
What is insulin, heparin, or chemotherapy?
Patient initials, medical record number, date of image, and the wound location on the body.
What are examples of patient identifiers used to identify each wound photograph?
The web based system that documents employee vaccination declarations and status.
What is ready set?
An unintentional change in position that results in a patient landing on the floor or another lower surface.
What is a fall?
This occurs when germs enter the urinary tract through a urinary catheter and cause an infection.
What is a CAUTI (catheter-associated urinary tract infection)?
This type of alarm alerts staff when a patient attempts to get out of bed or a chair.
What is a bed alarm or chair alarm?
This number, determined by facility policy, represents the number of photographic images taken of a patient's wounds.
What is two?
The program designed to utilize strategies and techniques to protect the safety of both patients and healthcare workers during patient transfers, positioning, and mobility activities.
What is Safe Patient Handling?
The deliberate infliction of harm on a patient. This includes physical, verbal, sexual, and psychological.
What is abuse?
This type of infection is acquired in a healthcare setting.
What is a healthcare associated infection (HAI)?
This structured communication technique utilized by Commonspirit is used to convey important information quickly and accurately.
What is SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation)?
This photographing is done upon admission, discovery of any new wounds, with a change of status of the wound, during the weekly process of wound review, and at discharge.
When you photograph a patients wounds?
This repository is our Patient Safety Evaluation System and should be utilized to capture work related injuries or illnesses.
What is IRIS?
The failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm or mental anguish.
What is neglect?