Safety

3. Communication between team members to improve safety
5. Lead the list of healthcare associated conditions for patients, guests, and staff
7. Hygiene Decreases the spread of germs
8. Nurse Second chain of command
10. Team Huddle This needs to happen as soon as a fall occurs with all team members present
12. Armband Staff members must do this at Point of Care
14. Failure An orange "defective" label is placed when this occurs
16. Culture of Safety depends upon
19. Technique Always use this method with dressing and tubing changes
20. Patients at greatest risk for healthcare acquired pneumonia
21. Acronym used to help nurses remember the high alert medications
24. Staff First chain of command

1. in communication Number one cause of medical errors
2. Fall Assessment Document used after a fall occurs
4. Documentation Identifies what risks are and what preventive measures need to be taken
6. Alarms Hospitals are equipped with this to alert users about malfunctions, misconnections, patient status, and more
9. When patient is transferred from 1 level of care to another
11. Fatigue When a staff member becomes "deaf" to certain sounds
13. Most preventable cause of hospital deaths
15. Form Must be filled out before patient is admitted
17. Form must be filled out if patient is suicidal
18. Be sure to ask patient about these before administering medicines
22. Do not use this abbreviation for International Units
23. Frequently occurs because of germs passed from patient to patient by staff's hands
24. Do not use this abbreviation for Unit