Continuous Survey Readiness Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The specific time to ensure proper disinfection.
  2. 5. The single most powerful way of preventing the spread of infection.
  3. 8. Patient identifier that is only acceptable in homecare setting.
  4. 11. Comparing inpatient/outpatient (home) medications and providing an accurate concise comprehensive list of medications to the patient
  5. 12. Comprehensive information about an invasive procedure that includes, risk, benefits, and alternatives and allows the patient to ask questions…
  6. 13. An environment where all staff feel safe to speak up if they have safety concerns or see a safety risk.
  7. 14. Pulling curtains, closing doors, locking computers screens, knocking and announcing yourself before entering room are all forms of assuring this…
  8. 17. Method of physical, mechanical, or pharmacological means used to manage a patient's behavior; requires a physician order.
  9. 19. Joint Commission methodology when conducting surveys.
  10. 20. ______ date is the the last date a product or medication is safe to be used/administered.
Down
  1. 1. Unanticipated event, such as death or major permanent loss of function, not related to the natural course of the patient’s illness or underlying medical condition.
  2. 2. The acronym used in case of fire.
  3. 3. Department that includes, Accreditation, Performance Measures, Risk Management, Utilization Management, Systems Redesign, and Patient Safety expertise…
  4. 6. Full name, full social security number, and full date of birth including year, are examples of patient ______.
  5. 7. A program that promotes reporting of adverse events, strategies such as Root Cause Analysis, Health Failure Modes & Effects Analysis and Alerts to reduce and prevent harm to patients.
  6. 9. (Acronym) to find out what happened, why it happened, to determine what can be done to prevent it from happening again.
  7. 10. (Acronym) VHA's reporting system for events on medical errors, close calls, or near misses.
  8. 15. Exercises conducted to test knowledge of “RACE”
  9. 16. For security,____ ____ must be worn above the waist at all times while at any CWM facility.
  10. 18. The immediate pause before a procedure to confirm the correct patient, correct procedure, correct site.