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?
The type of precautions needed to prevent the spread of measles in a health care setting.
What is airborne precautions?
This is the process of creating an accurate list of all medications a patient is taking, include 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.?
Assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to healthcare workers.
What is KRS 508.025? What is the new statue in the state of KY to protect healthcare workers?
A fall and a diagnosis of _______ injury include examples of these types of injuries lacerations, open wounds, dislocations, sprains, and muscle strains.
What is a moderate injury?
This type of infection is acquired in a healthcare setting
What is a Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI)?
This high alert medications requires independent double- checking before administration?
What is insulin, heparin, chemotherapy? This "rights" of medication administration helps ensure the correct drug is given to the correct patient
Patient initials, medical record number, date of image, and wound location on the body.
What are examples of facility compliant 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?
The PPE utilized to protect caregivers eyes from splashes and infectious materials.
What is safety goggles?
This type of alarm alerts staff wn 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 to document care plans, track progression, and report new hospital-acquired wounds.
What is two?
Older adults may suddenly exhibit behaviors that are viewed as noncompliant, noncooperative, and threatening. They may even lash out verbally and physically causing injury to health care staff.
What is workplace violence in the elderly?
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 is used to convey important information quickly and accurately.
What is SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation)?
This is done upon admission, discovery of any new wounds, with a change of status, during the weekly process and at discharge.
When you photograph a patients wounds?
Prohibits healthcare facilities from retaliating against employees who report patient safety concerns.
What is KRS 216B.165?
The failure to provide goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm or mental anguish.
What is neglect?