Patient Safety Week 2024

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Across
  1. 1. A culture of ________ encourages and supports the reporting of any situation that threatens a patient
  2. 5. Everyone at SRAHEC can report adverse events or near misses. The form can be found on your ____________
  3. 7. Taking breaks and avoiding fatigue helps prevent this, which can lead to errors
  4. 8. The recommendation is to use at least two patient ______________ when providing care, treatment, and service. Examples include name or birthday
  5. 12. PPE stands for Personal Protective ______________
  6. 13. One element of the Beers Criteria is identifying medications that put patients at an increased risk of ________- which may result in fracture, internal injury, or other complications
  7. 17. A 1996 Federal law that restricts access to individuals private medical information
  8. 18. CDC stands for Center for Disease Control and __________
  9. 19. A _____________ is one tool that a patient may use to help keep their medication in order- allowing them to separate medications by days of the week or times of the day
  10. 20. The code called when someone at SR-AHEC is experiencing a medical emergency or needs further healthcare assistance
Down
  1. 2. The study of matching job requirements and environment to the worker so that people and things interact most efficiently and safely
  2. 3. Antibiotic ___________ is defined as the commitment to use antibiotics appropriately and safely
  3. 4. A "warm" handoff is the standardized method of prompt and effective communication between healthcare providers and their teams. At SR-AHEC, they may also be called _____________
  4. 6. A patient safety event that results in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm
  5. 9. The number of "rights" involved in medication use and regarded as the standard for safe medication practices
  6. 10. Creating and updating a patient's list of current medication is known as medication ____________
  7. 11. Another word for "free from germs" or steps taken to reduce the number of microbes
  8. 14. This is the best defense against infection
  9. 15. Who is the chair of the Patient Safety Committee at SR-AHEC
  10. 16. Who's job is Patient Safety