Medication Safety
This system ensures proper temperature storage of our refrigerated/frozen medications
What is Temp Trak?
This is an event that could have resulted in an accident, injury, or illness, but did not
What is a near miss?
This is the first line of defense for generalized anaphylactic symptoms
What is epinephrine?
This is where an OMC employee can find OMC related policies and procedures
What is OMConnect/Intranet Homepage?
This is how one should walk to avoid falling on ice or snowy surfaces
What is the penguin walk?
This is the place where partially filled medication vials and syringes are to be deposited into
What is the Black Box?
These OMC-developed tools contain best practice recommendations regarding specific health care conditions
What are Care Packages?
A mechanical lift, gait belt, and sliding board/sheet are all examples of these
What are safe patient handling devices/equipment?
This form allows disclosure of individually identifiable health information under certain circumstances
What is an Authorization for Release of Information (RoI)?
This is disposed of in red biohazard bags
What is infectious waste (or blood or body fluid saturated)?
This convention uses a series of capital letters to help prevent mishaps with look-alike medication names
What is Tall Man Lettering (TML)?
This date applies once a sterile container is entered or opened
What is a Beyond Use Date (BUD)?
Patient names, dates of birth, or Medical Records Numbers (MRNs) are examples of these
This is OMCs approach to emergencies within the organization and in the community
What is OMC's Emergency Management Plan?
This should never be stored directly on the floor in departments
This is the process by which all medications, doses, routes, and indications are reviewed with the patient and/or caregiver to ensure the correct medication information is listed in the EMR
What is Medication Reconciliation?
This is the system used to enter patient, visitor, and employee related events
What is OMC's Event Reporting System (RLDatix/Verge)?
This is the minimum number of patient identifiers needed when confirming you have the right patient
What is two (2) patient identifiers?
Codes Gray, Purple, Yellow, Blue, and Pink are designations for this type of procedure
What is an Emergency (procedure)?
These are the five (5) rights on medication safety
right medication, right route, right time, right frequency, and right patient?
This is an OMC program that helps ensure a smooth transition from an acute care setting or Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) to a patient's home
What is OMC's Transitional Care Management (TCM) Program?
This is a common method to confirm patient understanding of a new treatment or medication plan
What is teach back or repeat back?
These are the four (4) phases of OMC's Emergency Management Plan
This has been an ongoing area of opportunity found in past DNV surveys of OMC's medical equipment
What is past due maintenance and/or calibration of medical equipment?