Patient safety : Preventing falls, burns and use of restraints

Match the items below.

• Standards for infection control

• CDC

• Standards for workplace safety

• OSHA

• Standards for laboratory testing

• CLSI

• Patient safety and quality of care

• Joint Commission

Match the items below.

• Oversees hospital accreditation.

• Joint Commission

• Results of a national patient survey.

• Policy and procedure manual

• Accessible compilation of standards

• Hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems

Falls are a major risk for patients. Which of the items below are reasons for falls.

• Adequate lighting

• Cognitive impairment

• Poor vision

• Normal balance when ambulating.

It is appropriate for a PCT to allow the patient to sleep with a heating pad.

• true

• false

What is the standard temperature for bath water?

• 110-120 degrees Fahrenheit

• 90-100 degrees Fahrenheit

• 105-110 degrees Fahrenheit

• 80-90 degrees Fahrenheit

Select the correct guidelines for restraints.

• Check on your patient every 30 minutes

• Attend to basic needs- eating/toileting

• Ensure that the restraint is padded over bony prominences

• Attach the retrain to the moveable part of the bed.

Restraints should be removed every (a)   hours.

Restraints can only be applied with a physicians (a)   .

How many fingers should fit under a limb restraint?

• one

• two

• three

• four

Restraints are used for the "convenience" of the staff.

• True

• False