Physical Environment Management Flashcards
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Federal law that gives individuals with disabilities opportunity for employment. It requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to be employed.
Assisted living facilities (ALFs)
A program approach within a prescribed physical structure on a 24-hour basis. Provides and/or coordinates a range of supportive personal services and may provide various levels of health services.
Building codes
Codes set forth by various local, state, and federal agencies requiring various degrees of application; processes and guidelines to be followed when building or renovating a building.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
A federal agency that regulates federal monies that are available for services to individuals who qualify for Medicare and Medicaid. This federal agency prescribes guidelines for state agencies that regulate licensed care facilities.
Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
A system put in place that uses various tools such as resident satisfaction surveys and other measures that allow an organization to improve the quality of services based on past performance and future goals.
Disaster preparedness
Preparation and training of staff and residents in the event of an unexpected event of a great magnitude that affects operation of the healthcare facility and ensures the safety of everyone during this event. Disasters include tornadoes, hurricanes, bomb threats, floods, chemical spills (both internal and external), explosions, fires, and electrical outages.
Employee right to know
An integral component of OSHA guidelines that stipulates that employees must be made aware of chemicals they work with in the performance of their job, where the Material Safety Data Sheets are located so that they can read about the chemicals with which they work, and what the hazards of working with those substances may be.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
A federal agency that sets guidelines to ensure equal opportunity for employment based on a person’s ability to perform the job and does not allow an employer to discriminate.
Family Medical Leave Act
A federal regulation that allows an employee to take time off work for a term because of a medical condition such as pregnancy and illnesses
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A federal agency that regulates food and drug safety for consumers. It regulates meat processing plants and other producers of foods for human consumption, and it regulates medication approval before pharmaceuticals can sold to the consumer.
Foster care homes
A prescribed physical structure that provides care and services. The number of residents served in these homes may vary from state to state but usually is considered to be a homelike setting.
Life Safety Code
Codes described by the National Fire Protection Association to provide state and local building departments guidelines for regulating building codes. These codes are usually adopted by local and state agencies, but are not mandated by the federal government.
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)
Explanation of the contents of the chemical products with which an employee uses in the healthcare facility. MSDSs provide the chemical name for the product as well as the commercial name, chemical contents of the product, hazards of the product, what to do in the event of physical exposure to the product, as well as combustibility information and how to use the product safely. Can be obtained from the retailer of the product or the manufacturer.
Medical model of care
Care that focuses on the medical or disease-oriented needs of the resident and the treatment and outcome of the medical care.
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
A national association that prescribes safety codes and definitions for state and local agencies to adopt as building regulations.
