Included in the staff departmental regulatory and personnel files
What are licensure verification, certification & competency assessments?
100
If it hits the table, it must be labeled
What is correct medication labeling?
100
A Unit that does over 10,000 procedures each year with over 100 staff members
What is the EUH Operating Room?
100
Patient name and birth date
What are 2 patient identifiers?
200
Checked daily and plugged in a red outlet
What is a defibrillator?
200
Accessed from the Intranet page
What are Medical Staff Credentials, MSDS, Policies and Procedures?
200
Must be verified with the surgeon before he/she leaves the OR
What are specimens?
200
Storage of Medical Supplies
What is stored off the floor and 18 inches below the ceiling and sprinkler heads?
200
Navy Blue
What is the official color of the Surgical Tech scrubs?
300
Worn by all on the Unit
What is a name tag?
300
Mandatory in HLC
What are the annual competency requirements?
300
National Patient Safety Goal # 3
What is improving the safety of using medications?
300
Containers that are less than 2/3 full, lid closed and stored off the floor.
What are sharp containers?
300
Medication Labeling @ 90%, 2 Patient Identifiers > 90%, Surgical Safety Checklist @ 100% all specialties, CAUTI education, and Pressure Ulcer prevention with new mattress pads for 21 OR rooms.
Must be checked with a Registered Nurse and a physician
What are medications?
400
Sterile supplies, blood tubes, kits, & crash carts have current dates.
What are patient use items?
400
CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP, DVT
What are Core Measures?
500
Located by each room and is necessary for emergency use.
What is the location of the cut-off valves? (except OR 22)
500
The yellow/gold card
What is the unified emergency code card?
500
Dated, initialed, and held for no longer than 28 days
What are multi-use vials, bottles & tubes?
500
Orange and blues sheets used by RN's
What is Hand-off Communication?
500
Perioperative normothermia, appropriate use of antibiotics within 30-60 minutes before incision and discontinue post-op within 24 hours and appropriate hair removal (clippers)