The minimum number of identifiers used when providing care, treatment, or services.
What are two?
100
Labeling of containers used for blood and other specimens should be done in the presence of this person.
Who is the patient?
100
Everyone.
Who is responsible for patient and visitor safety at Health First?
100
Knock on the door and state your name and title.
What is the process for entering a patient room?
100
The Florida Mental Health Act that is invoked when an individual presents a danger to self or others.
What is the Baker Act?
200
Identifiers that can be used to accurately identify a patient.
What are name and date of birth (also Medical Record Number)
200
The desensitizing condition that results when caregivers miss, ignore, or even disable vital alarms systems due to numerous alarm signals and the resulting noise and displayed information.
What is alarm fatigue?
200
Jutta Williams
Who is Chief Compliance Officer at Health First?
200
Pain, Potty, Position, Possessions, Plan of Care
What are the 5 P's?
200
Any manual method, physical or mechanical device, material or equipment that immobilizes or reduces the ability of a patient to move his or her arms, legs, body, or head freely.
What is a restraint?
300
The main reason for using hand sanitizer or handwashing with soap and water.
What is to prevent infection?
300
Inserting urinary catheters according to established evidence-based guidelines; using aseptic technique for site preparation, equipment, and supplies; securing catheters for unobstructed flow; maintaining sterility of the collection system.
What are practices to prevent indwelling catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI).
300
30 day mortality for Acute MI, Heart Failure, Pneumonia; SCIP, CLABSI, CAUTI, and Influenza Immunization are all part of outcome or process of care initiatives.
What are core measures?
300
Reduction in call lights and patient falls; an improved workflow; and increased patient safety and satisfaction.
What are the benefits of Rounding for Excellence?
300
The use of bed/chair alarms, yellow socks, adequate lighting and checking elimination needs q 1-2 hours are preventative interventions.
What is fall prevention?
400
To improve medication safety, this process is done at the time of admission, any transfer, and upon discharge.
What is medication reconciliation?
400
Two persons matching the blood or blood component to the order and matching the patient to the blood or blood component.
What is the process for eliminating transfusion errors related to patient misidentification?
400
Everyone is expected to respond to patient call lights.
What is a no pass zone?
400
Communication tool for the patient and family.
What is the whiteboard in the patient room?
400
Increase length of stay and an additional $4000 in charges.
What are the consequences of a preventable fall?
500
Safety measures in place for patients having surgery to assure correct patient, correct site, correct procedure, site marking, and performance of a time-out.
What is Universal Protocol?
500
The objective is to provide the responsible licensed caregiver these results within an established time frame so that the patient can be promptly treated.
What is improving the effectiveness of communication among caregivers by sharing critical results of tests and diagnostic procedures (those that fall significantly outside the normal range) on a timely basis?
500
Increase length of stay and an additional $4000 in charges.
What are the consequences of a preventable fall?
500
"Is there anything else I can help you with/get for you? Someone will be back in an hour. Thank you."
What are the last things said to the patient as caregivers leave the room during hourly rounding?
500
Two medications that increase the risk of falling.
What are sleeping aids, sedatives/hypnotics, diurectics and pain pills? (Any two)