Patient Safety Week

3. Improving safety requires an organizational ________ that enables and prioritizes safety
5. Minimum number of seconds you should wash your hands with soap and water
11. A catheter should only be used for appropriate indications and should be removed as soon as no longer needed to avoid this (acronym)
12. A task performed by surgical team members before surgery begins, which includes correct patient identity, site, and procedure
13. A patient is wandering around the hospital alone with a yellow armband. What are they at risk for?
15. One of the most important ways to prevent hospital-associated infections (two words)
17. Full name and date of birth, for example

1. An event that did not reach the patient because of the thoughtful actions of an employee (two words)
2. Code color for adult cardiac arrest
4. One way to avoid central-line associated bloodstream infections is to use only _______ devices to access catheters
6. A type of culture that fosters a learning environment and encourages the identification and review of all hazards/risks, errors, near misses, adverse events, and system weaknesses.
7. A technique that can be used to facilitate prompt, appropriate, and structured communication (acronym)
8. The abbreviation for indwelling catheter-associated urinary tract infections
9. Type of medication that has the potential to cause significant patient harm or even death when used erroneously (two words)
10. The notification system used at VCMC & SPH (two words)
14. A risk ________ can help identify patients at risk for suicide
16. Who is responsible for patient safety?
18. Acronym for accrediting organization focused on enabling and empowering healthcare organizations to excel in providing safe and effective care