Fire Safety
RACE stands for:
What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish?
This should be written on new gel bottles when opening/using for the first time.
What is 28 days from today?
What is 4 minutes?
Gloves should not be worn in this location
What are hallways?
A code gray announcement indicates this situation
What is a disruptive/combative patient or visitor or staff?
PASS stands for:
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep?
Workflow for supplies delivered in corrugated shipping boxes to supply rooms.
What is remove contents and dispose of shipping boxes?
This should be used to clean smudges on the US machine monitors
What is a damp washcloth?
Name 4 times you should used hand sanitizer.
What is before donning gloves/after doffing gloves
and before entering a room/after exiting a room
This plain language communication replaced the former code pink announcements for infants.
What is Security Alert, infant abduction?
Evacuation route/meeting place from AOP
What is walk down the hall by WISH clinic, go downstairs to outdoors, cross street to meet team?
Frequency for checking expiration dates in AOP supply room
What is last Wednesday of the month?
Frequency of cleaning filters on machines
What is weekly?
Name 3 times you should wash hands with soap and water.
What is after eating, when visibly soiled and after using the bathroom.
An obstetrical hemorrhage is announced overhead by this color code (only used at some UCHealth facilities)
What is a Code White?
Evacuation route/meeting place from AIP
Frequency for checking expired supplies in AIP supply room
What each shelf is checked weekly?
Sharps containers should be replaced at this level
These precautions are used for patients on C-diff precautions.
What is wearing a yellow gown and washing hands with soap and water before and after?
List 3 things that should be verified prior to beginning an ultrasound.
Doors should be in this position during fire drills/alarms.
What is closed?
Each machine type requires a different type of wipe and this is determined by the:
What is MIFU?
These machines require East Screen cleaning wipes to be used on the consoles.
What are the GE Volusons?
Describe clean linen storage recommendations.
What is located on clean linen cart with curtains closed or in closed cabinets in exams rooms.
This would indicate that an oxygen tank is empty.
What is if the gauge is in the red zone (<500psi)?