Ch. 10 Managing the Environment of Care Flashcards
Exam 4
Safety Management Program
Outlines safety functions for org when threaten life, health, equipment, or buildings
Security Management Program
Procedures to manage IT & security (door access, visiting hours, after hours access, ID badges)
What are some sensitive, at-risk areas? (3)
- Psych
- NICU
- ER
How often are security management programs conducted?
Annually
Which healthcare employee is at high-risk for assults and violence in the workplace?
Nurses
Hazardous Materials/Waste Management Program
Managing hazardous waste and disposing of it appropriately
What is the right to know law?
gives employees rights to information about chemicals in the workplace
Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
concise, pre-established plan for implementation during an internal or external disaster or other emergency
How often is the emergency operations plan completed?
Annually
What does a hazard vulnerability analysis do?
Identify and prioritize potential emergencies
Emergency Operations Plan: Mitigation
Activities that eliminate or reduce the occurrence of a disaster
Emergency Operations Plan: Preparedness
Activities that are necessary to the extent that mitigation measures cannot prevent activities
Emergency Operations Plan Steps
- Mitigation
- Preparedness
- Response
- Recovery
Emergency Operations Plan: Response
Designed to provide emergency assistance for casualties
Emergency Operations Plan: Recovery
Continues until systems return to normal
Short term: back to minimum operating standards
Long term: may be a number of years after the disaster
Life (fire prevention) safety management program
Maintaining fire detection and protection equipment and any deficiencies
Two methods to train staff?
- RACE
- PASS
Improving Care Environment and Safety
- responding to equipment malfunctions
- inventory of clinical/life safety alarms
- monitoring for equipment functioning
Utilities management program
All utility resources are functioning properly
4 Criteria for annual evaluation
- Objectives (relevant to org)
- Scope (changes within org)
- Perfomance measurement (dependent on org)
- Assess effectiveness (of individual programs
What is a post-program assessment?
Given to employees after instance of environ/safety training
