Regulatory & Quality
When a patient refuses care and leaves a health care facility
What is Against Medical Advice?
The term for taking a temperature across the forehead
What is temporal?
Disposable clothes pre-moistened with antiseptic which can be used for bed baths in place of soap and water
What are chlorhexidine wipes?
The law that sets standards for ensuring privacy of protected health information
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
A potentially life-threatening emergency associated with antipsychotic use that is characterized by fever, rigid muscles, change in level of consciousness, and autonomic instability
What is neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)?
The law that states most hospitals are required to provide patients with a Medical Screening Exam, regardless of insurance coverage or ability to pay?
What is EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act)?
The pressure of blood pushing against artery walls when the heart beats
What is systolic?
A solution which should be used to clean a bath basin after use
What is UH-approved disinfectant
A blood clot that travels through the bloodstream to the lungs
What is a pulmonary embolism?
Motor side effects associated with antipsychotic use
What are extrapyramidal symptoms?
The acronym for four elements which should be included in any patient handoff
What is SBAR?
What is apnea?
A substance that should not be used to clean dentures
What is toothpaste?
An injury to skin and underlying tissue, primarily caused by prolonged pressure on the skin
What is a pressure ulcer?
A potentially permanent motor side effect associated with antipsychotic use, usually in the long-term?
What is tardive dyskinesia
UH's reporting system for unexpected outcomes, events, incidents, Unsafe Conditions, or Near Misses
What is Patient Safety Event (PSE)?
Critically low glucose measurement
What is 40 mg/dL?
When a solution or drug leaks from a vein into surrounding tissue
What is infiltration or extravasation?
The container in which all sharp objects must be disposed of?
What is Sharps container.
A potentially life-threatening syndrome associated with increased serotonergic activity in the nervous system, such as can occur with antidepressants
What is serotonin syndrome?
MRN, birthday, name, photo
What are examples of protected health information (PHI)?
12-20
What is the normal range for respirations?
Difficulty swallowing
What is dysphagia?
The action health care workers must be before and after removing gloves.
What is hand hygiene?
A life-threatening allergic reaction to medications such as Lamictal that usually presents with a severe, painful rash
What is Steven's-Johnson syndrome?