Part 9 Flashcards
This component of a healthcare organization’s infection surveillance program is responsible for documentation and tracking of follow-up procedures related to staff exposure to blood-borne pathogens:
A. Facility safety program
B. Community health program.
C. Facility infection surveillance
D. Community infection surveillance
Facility infection surveillance
Dr. Hansen saw a patient in his office with measles. He directed his office staff to call the local department of health to report this case of measles. The office manager called right away and completed the report as instructed. Did Dr. Hansen’s office follow appropriate infectious diseased reporting requirements?
A. Dr. Hansen’s office did not need to report this case to the local health department
B. Dr. Hansen’s office should have mailed a letter to the local health department to report this case
C. Dr. Hansen’s office followed protocol and reported this case of measles correctly.
D. Dr. Hansen’s office should have reported the case to the local hospital and not the health department
Dr. Hansen’s office followed protocol and reported this case of measles correctly.
Stacy is the nursing manager for the cardiology services at a local hospital. The hospital has recently emphasized a policy requiring all managers to track and report their employees absences from work. Stacy feels that this requirement is time consuming and unnecessary. Why would the hospital require their managers to complete this process?
A. Reports of absences are used to determine employee satisfaction
B. Reports of absences are tabulated and examined for a possible-HAI connection
C. Administration is concerned about the hospital’s image in the community
D. Administration is attempting to micromanage their clinical; services
Reports of absences are tabulated and examined for a possible-HAI connection
Community Hospital is reviewing their job descriptions and notices that some job descriptions for clinical positions include a reference to the potential risks of exposure to blood-borne pathogens and others do not. The human resource manager insists that all job descriptions include this language. Why is this important to include?
A. It is important because facilities are required to report incidences of HIV.
B. Community Hospital needs to define the level of risk for infection from blood-borne pathogens for their employees.
C. Community hospital needs t update job descriptions to meet HIPAA requirements
D. It is not important, and the human resource manager is overstepping their role
Community Hospital needs to define the level of risk for infection from blood-borne pathogens for their employee
This decision icon symbol (Diamond) is used in flowcharting to indicate _____.
A. A point in the process at which participants must evaluate the status of the process
B. A formal procedure that participants are expected to carry out the same way every time
C. A process when actions are being performed by humans
D. A point in the process where the participants must record data in paper-based or computer based formats
A point in the process at which participants must evaluate the status of the process
This section of a cause and effect diagram examines influences of the products, supplies, or substances used in the patient care event:
A. manpower
B. material
C. methods
D. machinery
material
In risk management terminology, an exposure to the chance of injury or financial loss and their associated liability is _________.
A. Incident
B. Occurrence
C. Risk
D. Rights
Risk
A mistake that involves an accidental drug overdose, administration of an incorrect substance, accidental consumption of a drug, or misuse of a drug or biological during a medical or surgical procedure is called a ___________.
A. Medication error
B. Drug diversion
C. Failure mode
D. Drug formulary
Medication error
This section of a cause and effect diagram examines influences of the human worker on the situation:
A. manpower
B. material
C. methods
D. machinery
manpower
A family member of a patient is walking through the hall in the hospital and slips and falls on a recently mopped floor. A nurse on the floor observes the fall and helps the family member. This nurse should report this event to the risk manager using which of the following?
A. Root cause analysis
B. Cause and effect diagram
C. Incident Report
D. Failure mode and effect analysis
Incident Report
