Infection Control & Safety
What is 2 full minutes?
Patients are required to receive this notice upon admission and have it explained to them.
What is the Patient Rights Notice?
What is skilled need and homebound status?
When a patient experiences this, it requires communication among all disciplines AND MD communication.
Patients and families must receive verbal and written education on this during admission.
What is emergency preparedness planning?
A clinician removes gloves after wound care and immediately documents on a tablet without cleaning their hands. This is acceptable practice.
What is FALSE? Clinicians must first perform hand hygiene before touching the tablet.
Patient's must sign and date this document prior to any care being provided.
What is the consent for treatment?
CMS requires clinicians to assess this at admission to ensure patients understand their care and treatments.
What is the patient's ability to speak and understand English and the need for translation services?
This must be documented when goals are NOT met.
This identifies patients who need priority care during disasters.
What is the Emergency Evacuation Level and Service Priority (1-4)? AKA Patient Triage.
This is the approved solution to clean and disinfect the iPad after and during each visit.
What is isopropyl alcohol?
Patients have the right to file this if they are dissatisfied with care.
What is a complaint or grievance?
Late or missing notes will result in this during a survey visit.
What is a deficiency?
When an HHA is ordered for a patient, the record must reflect this at least every two weeks by the case manager.
What is a supervisory visit?
Assisted Emergency Planning Preparedness policies and procedures are located here.
What is the red binder in the kitchen?
If patient infection is discovered, these three steps are to be taken.
What is; report it to the MD provider, document in the medical record and fill out an incident report.
Actions that need to be taken when a patient refuses a visit.
What is refusal of care documentation in the record and notation to the MD provider.
This part of the OASIS directs care for all problem areas the patient is experiencing.
What are Goals & Interventions?
What is document all contact attempts and notifying the MD and office Supervisor/Director?
During an emergency in your area, CMS expects clinicians to follow this process.
What is contact the agency to report you are safe and let them know if you can take additional patients?
Surveyors often ask staff to verbally explain this procedure.
What is infection control procedure?
Patients must be informed of this when services are ending. This must be provided at least 48 hours prior to agency discharge.
What is the Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage (NOMNC)?
The physician-signed document that authorizes all home health services once the initial assessment has been submitted.
What is the CMS-485/Plan of Care?
Failure to perform this task can lead to adverse events.
What is medication reconciliation?
During an emergency, Assisted expects clinicians to reach out to assigned patients to ensure those with the highest medical needs are safe and supported. Which service priority level would be contacted first?
What is Level 1 service priority patients?