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NPSG
Safety
Medication Mgmt
Infection Control
Patient Care
100
Name at least three different situations where the use of two patient identifiers is required.
What is giving medications, drawing blood, and performing a procedure/treatment.
100
Acronym for procedure to follow for fire safety.
What is Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish
100
What is the best sized packaging for medications that are being used in patient care areas?
What is ready to administer, single use/unit dose
100
The terms contact, droplet, and airborne refer to what?
What is the way a pathogen or organism is transmitted to another person.
100
True /False - Healthcare providers are expected to ask a patient about his or her pain and to provide treatment to relieve that pain.
What is true.
200
Name two patient identifiers
What is name and birthdate
200
Acronym for proper use of fire extinguisher.
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
200
Medications involved in a high percentage of errors and/or sentinel events.
What is high risk / high alert medications.
200
The PDI wipes (Purple top) should stay wet on surfaces for ________ minutes.
What is 2 minutes.
200
Hospitals are expected to provide information to patients in a format that the patient can understand and comprehend. This information should be appropriate to ___________, ____________, and ____________.
What is age, language, and ability to understand.
300
True / False - Patients and families of patients with an MDRO should be instructed on techniques to employ in the home to prevent the spread of the organism to other family members.
What is true.
300
True / False - Hospitals must have a defined, written procedure for properly handling a utility failure.
What is true
300
A process designed to assist in maintaining medication integrity, promote the availability of medications, minimize the risk of medication diversion, and reduce potential dispensing errors.
What is medication storage.
300
Everyone who works in a hospital has a role and responsibility to help prevent the spread of infection. What is one of the most important ways you can personally help prevent the spread of infection?
What is hand washing, hand sanitizer, wear gloves for patient contact.
300
The hospital must ensure that entries into patient medical records are ____________ and ____________.
What is dated and timed. The EHR does this, but what about the paper forms?
400
Hospitals should comply with the hand hygiene guidelines published by ____________ or ___________.
What is the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO)
400
Controlling the flow of ___________, supplies, and equipment is essential during an emergency.
What is people.
400
What should the hospital formulary include in addition to the medication names?
What is strength and dose
400
Infection prevention and control meaures to protect against possible exposure to infectious agents.
What is standard precautions.
400
When behavioral management techniques such as restraint are needed/ ordered, it is important to use ___________.
What is the least restrictive device/alternatives that will work.
500
This should be performed on all patients prior to an invasive procedure to prevent wrong site surgeries.
What is "time out" procedure
500
True / False - Most hazardous materials/waste spills in the hospital are of a minor threat to people or the environment. As a result, most of the time, the spills can be easily mopped up.
What is false. Many of the spills in hospitals can be extremely toxic, such as chemotherapy agent spills. PPE and special procedures for cleaning the area are often required.
500
Medications in which studies in animals or humans indicate that exposures to them have a potential for causing cancer, developmental or reproductive toxicity, or harm to organs.
What are hazardous medications. Methotrexate and chemotherapeutic agents are examples.
500
This type disinfection is used for items such as stethoscopes and blood glucose meters.
What is low-level disinfection.
500
Many patients who have a cardiopulmonary or respiratory event have signs and symptoms that indicate that an arrest could be imminent. A family can activate _______.
What is Condition Help. (6698)