Hospital emergency codes
Code RED
what is a fire in the facility
The amount of pages in a incident report
What is one page.
Hospital acquired infections
What is Nosocomial infection
One of the most feared disasters in healthcare:
What is a fire.
The amount of time it takes to wash your hands properly:
What is twenty minutes.
Code BLUE
What is a cardiac arrest
Forms used in healthcare facility to document both safety- non safety- related events that are not part of a routine operation in the facility
What is a incident report.
An infection transmission in which pathogens travel directly from 1 host to another; person to person
What is direct contact
The last and most severe burn degree.
What is Third-level degree burn.
The term for hand washing with detergent/antimicrobial soap and water; or by using alcohol based hand rub.
What is hand hygiene.
Code PINK
What is an infant/child abduction
Rights that ensure patients receive high-quality healthcare services, especially their saftey.
What is Patients Bill of Rights.
An infection transmission in which the pathogen travels takes an indirect path- such as through food, air/clothing or standing next to the host.
What is indirect contact
A term for three elements, oxygen, heat, and fuel- needed to maintain a fire.
What is Fire triangle.
The most important way to prevent spreading infection:
What is hand hygiene.
Code ORANGE
What is a hazardous material spills
Incident reports must be accurate and filled out properly and accurately. What must you use to fill out this legal document.
What is a black pen.
Carriers- such as insects, (other rodents or animals)
that spread pathogen from host to host
What are vectors
You know how to deal with fire using the acronym RACE, What does it stand for?
What is RESCUE.ALARM.CONTAIN.EXTINGUISH.
Besides using a fire extinguisher what is something you need to THINK of during a fire/ what is something you need.
What is an emergency plan. ( closest exit, stay calm, ext)
Code SILVER
What is a dangerous person with a weapon
State 2 things that need to be in an incident report.
Date of incident, names of people involved, Location and time, person to whom the incident is reported, date and time of reporting, description, name of witnesses, machine/tool/piece involved, action taken to prevent it from occurring again, signature of person filling out the report.
The infection control department focuses on _______
the chain of infection before the infection spreads throughout the whole hospital.
( hint another word for cut off )
What is interrupting
A fire is occurring, you grab the nearest fire extinguisher and follow the PASS procedure, what does PASS stand for?
What is PULL.AIM.SQUEEZE.SWEEP.
List the 3 different times it is mandatory( by the CDC) you wash your hands:
Before and after eating
After using the restroom
When dirt/body fluids are in contact with hands.