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    JCIA Q & A

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    JCIA Survey

    Specially Trained Surveyors Will Visit & EvaluateEach Health Care Organization s Compliance

    And Identify Strengths And Weaknesses. TheSurveyor s Goal Is Not Merely To FindProblems, But Also To Provide Education AndConsultation So Health Care Organizations Can

    Improve.

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    Best Motto: Stay PreparedIt s very important that you have to be ready for the

    survey

    Keep up-to-date & thorough with all thestandard procedures involved in your assigned

    job & related medical records procedures.

    Seek your direct supervisors help & clarify your doubts

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    Tips to get educated

    Try to review your departmentalannouncements & policy / guidelinesinformation from outlook public folder

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    What do I say if I don t know the answer to a Joint Commission surveyor s question?

    Inform him/her where you would go tofind the answer (e.g., I would ask my

    supervisor, reference a specific policymanual, etc.).

    NEVER RESPOND, "I DONT KNOW."

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    ACCESS TO CARE& CONTINUITY OF CARE

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    How do you provide for continuityof care throughout the patient s hospital stay?

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    How do you assure that onelevel of care is provided for operative and other procedures

    throughout the facility?

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    Does the clinic provide thepatient and their family with

    information about continuingcare, treatment or services andhow to access the resources?

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    Does the clinic/ambulatorysetting explain treatments andfollow-up care to dischargedpatients?

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    How do you provide for theexchange of appropriate patientcare and clinical information whenpatients are admitted, referred,

    transferred, or discharged?

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    Do patients with alike healthcareproblems and needs receive the

    same quality of care throughoutthe hospital? How are you sureof this?

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    Do you have a Discharge planner?

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    What is Nursing s role in thepatient admitting process?

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    How are you sure that a patient s

    discharge is based upon his/her assessed needs and that care willcontinue as necessary in the

    home environment?

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    How do you arrange for home

    care and/or home equipment for patients dischargedunexpectedly during off hours?

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    Who conducts dischargeplanning activities during theweekend?

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    If a physician refused to respondto an emergent call from staff regarding a patient, what is your process to arrange for care for

    the patient during off hours?

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    Describe the process (es) for

    referral, transfer, or discharge of a patient.

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    How do you provide for theexchange of appropriate patient

    care and clinical informationwhen patients are admitted,referred, transferred, or discharged?

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    What type of patients do you

    routinely transfer to outsidefacilities? Why?

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    What is done with mental healthpatients? How are they

    managed if you do not have apsychiatric component of your facility?

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    What type of circumstances slow

    the progress of ED patients?Why? What is being done toimprove in these areas?

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    How do you handle primary carereferral sources?

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    Within what time frame arepatients seen and examined by aphysician? What do your medical staff bylaws or ED rules

    and regulations require?

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    Has this unit ever transferred

    one of your postoperativepatients to an ICU as anunplanned event?

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    What would PACU staff do if anunplanned admission to ICU fromthe PACU was necessary and theICU was full to capacity?

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    Can patients be dischargedwithout a physician s order? If this center uses dischargecriteria, describe the elements of

    the criteria

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    What is the process if a patient

    scheduled for an outpatientprocedure must be converted toan inpatient?

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    Tell me about your dischargeplanning?

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    What has been done to

    accommodate patients andvisitors with disabilities?

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    What has been done toaccommodate culturallydiverse patients andvisitors?

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    PATIENT & FAMILY RIGHTS

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    How is the patient s right to treatmentor service respected and supported?How does your hospital respond torequests for care that it cannotprovide based on its capacity, stated

    mission and philosophy, and relevantlaws and regulations?

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    How does your hospital demonstraterespect for the following patientneeds in this setting:

    Confidentiality;Privacy;Security;

    Resolution of complaints; andCommunication?

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    Describe how patients are involved in thefollowing functions:

    Giving informed consent;Participating in care decisions (family

    members);

    Assessment and management of pain;Outcomes of care including unanticipated

    adverse outcomes;

    Deciding to withhold resuscitative services;and

    Deciding to forgo or withdraw life-

    sustaining treatment;

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    Describe the medical staff s rolein developing the hospital s code of ethical behavior:

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    Describe the medical staff s involvement in the EthicsCommittee:

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    Describe the medical staff s rolein developing and implementingprocesses related to patientrights

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    What was the medical staff sparticipation in the developmentof policies regardingprocurement and donation of organs/tissues?

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    What access is available to

    knowledge-based information thatmay be required in patient careactivities, research and other

    clinical activities?

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    When and how do you obtain consent?

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    What happens if the patient isunable to sign the consent form?

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    What procedures needobtaining an informedconsent?

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    What rights and responsibilitiesdo our patients have?

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    How is the patient informedabout is/her rights?

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    What is your role inobtaining informed consent?

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    What structures are in place toaddress end of life decisions

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    How do we evaluate the need for restrictions such as telephones,visitors, etc.?

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    How does the organizationensure patient s care is not

    negatively affected if a staff member asks not to participate inan aspect of care due to

    personal, Ethical, cultural or religious values?

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    If you have an ethical questionon any aspect of patient caredelivery, what resources areavailable to discuss the

    situation?

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    How are you as a staff member made aware of theethical issues surroundingpatient care and the hospital s

    policies governing theseissues?

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    What is your department s role in the development andimplementation of themechanisms designed to

    address patient rights?

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    How is the patient complaintmanaged?

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    How are patients (spiritual) needs met?

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    How do inform other departments that a patientbeing transportation to their area has valid DNR orders?

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    What rights do patients haveregarding pain management?

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    How do you involve the patientin participating in care

    decisions? How do youinvolve the patient s family?

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    What is the nurse s role inaddressing ethical issues inthe patient care process?

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    What is Nursing Service s involvement with the EthicsCommittee? Are nursingpersonnel assigned as Ethics

    Committee members?

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    Do we have a ComplaintManagement Policy?

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    What type of ethical issues doyou deal with in your department?

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    What is the mechanism your department follows if there is aconflict between familymembers as to whether someone should be made aNo Code?

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    What are the patient s responsibilities and rightsrelated to patient safety?

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    How is confidentiality of patientinformation maintained at your registration desk?

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    Does housekeeping staff have

    access to your department after hours? If so, how do you maintainconfidentiality of patient information

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    What does your staff do if thereis no informed consent for aprocedure on the patient s record prior to the procedure?

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    What mechanism does thepatient care unit staff have in

    place to access the EthicsCommittee? How are patientsand their families informed about

    their right to access the EthicsCommittee?

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    How does your hospital demonstraterespect for the following patientneeds:

    Response to patient and familyrequests for pastoral services?Communication of information in a

    way and language understood bythose making care decision?

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    Describe the informed consentprocess on your unit. Who must

    inform the patient about operativeand other procedures, and whatmust the patient understand prior to signing an informed consent?

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    What process does your hospital

    have in place to support thepatient s right for DNRintraoperatively?

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    Can you list some of the rightsthat both the JCIA and thefederal government requirehealthcare institutions to extend

    to patients?

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    What is meant by"informed consent?

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    How are patients informedof their rights as apatient?

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    Do you have access toother religious sects

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    ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS

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    What is your process for nutrition screening?

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    What are the criteria you use

    for identifying patients atnutritional risk?

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    What are the criteria for

    developing a plan for nutritionaltherapy?

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    Is there a Nutritional Care

    Manual? Who has copies? Isthere a copy available on eachpatient care unit?

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    Describe the functionalassessment process

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    What elements are assessed

    when a functional assessmentis performed?

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    Describe your interdisciplinaryapproach to nutritional care

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    When patients enter the sameday surgery area, does thenurse perform the sameassessment as he/she would

    on an inpatient?

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    Does the initial patient assessmentinclude an evaluation of physical,psychological, social, andeconomic factors, including, aphysical examination and healthhistory?

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    Describe the initial assessmentprocess, including which

    disciplines are involved inassessing the patient, the scopeof their assessment, and the time

    frame to complete theassessment.

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    In the initial assessment, how isthe patient s pain identified?

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    Are the initial assessment,medical history, and physicalexamination competed in a timelyfashion, as defined by hospital

    policy or the standards?

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    Do you periodically reassesspatients at appropriate intervals todetermine their response totreatment and to plan for

    continued treatment or discharge?

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    How is a patient s painassessed and managed?

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    What waived testing proceduresare your nurses allowed to

    perform? What type of treatmentis based on the results of thewaived tests? What is your policyon this?

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    Who evaluates or deals with thepsycho social needs.

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    How do you provide for services

    not available at this facilityduring off hours (i.e., mobileMRI)?

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    What is your turn-around-time ondiagnostic radiology films orderedSTAT during off hours? Can youprovide documentationsupporting your answer?

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    What do you do in the event of a reagent recall?

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    What is the turn-around-time for STAT laboratory orders? Can youprovide documentation to supportyour answer?

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    What types of tests are batched?

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    What percentage of collectedspecimens must be rerun dueto human error? Due totechnical (equipment) error?

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    What process is followed for providing STAT and urgent testingin the event of laboratoryequipment failure?

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    How are medical and nursing

    staff informed of critical or paniclaboratory values?

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    What is the Laboratory s processfor taking orders from physiciansover the telephone? Where isthe documentation kept?

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    How does the Laboratory protectconfidential patient information?

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    What type of staff safety

    equipment is available in theLaboratory?

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    How are blood/blood productordering patterns established?

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    How blood reactions are monitored?

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    What is your process whenblood is not available?

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    What is the role of the MedicalDirector of the ClinicalLaboratory? Does he/shereview abnormal results prior tofinal printing of result?

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    What is the process used toevaluate and select referencelaboratories and contractservices used by your

    laboratory?

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    Who performs the tests onproficiency samples? Do thesepersonnel also test patientsamples?

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    Are there tests that are notincluded in a proficiency

    testing program? If so, whatmeans do you have of verifying their accuracy and

    precision?

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    What is your process for reviewing quality control and

    patient results and where is thisreview process documented?Who performs the review?

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    What are your policies regardingunacceptable quality controlresults, and how do youdocument remedial action whenthis occurs?

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    Describe how your hospitalprovides pathology and clinical

    laboratory services andconsultation, whether on thepremises or in a contact laboratory.

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    Do you have set time frames for

    communicating laboratoryresults to patient care staff?Please provide an example?

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    How do staff members

    determine what is a normal range for a test?

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    Describe how your laboratorysafety program is coordinated withthe organization s safetymanagement program.

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    How are reagents that are usedto provide laboratory servicesperiodically evaluated for accuracy and results?

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    Who is responsible for reviewing

    the quality control results for alloutside sources of laboratoryservices?

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    Does the organization haveaccess to experts in specializeddiagnostic areas, such asparasitology or virology, whennecessary?

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    Who draws blood besidesphlebotomists?

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    How do you assure right

    person is getting right blood atright time?

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    Describe the reassessmentprocess. What are thecomponents of a reassessment?When are reassessmentsperformed? Do you have criteria

    for this?

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    Have assessment activities beendefined in writing?

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    What are the time framesestablished by the organizationfor initial assessmentsperformed by each discipline?

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    What process is in place t identify

    those patients that need dischargeplanning?

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    What is your triage process?

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    Explain the difference betweentriage and medical screening

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    Who can perform triage activities?

    Who conducts medical screeningexaminations?

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    How do you know you areassessing pain accurately?

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    Is blood stored in the surgical

    services environment? What isyour policy on this?

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    Describe the preoperative and

    intra-operative nursingassessment process

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    Do you perform blood draws in thecenter? If so, how do you knowstaff is competent? Do you monitor laboratory requests for redraws? Do you monitor hematomas after

    blood draw?

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    What is the policy for pain

    assessment in Adults(inpatient settings)?

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    Are ambulatory clinics required

    to conduct pain assessment onall patients?

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    CARE OF PATIENTS

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    How do you know whether or

    not your patients like the foodthey receive as inpatients?

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    What is your policy on restraintand seclusion?

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    How the staff members are

    educated and trained onrestraint use?

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    What are some of the alternative

    measures you ve employed toreduce restraint use?

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    How are patients assessedwhile in restraint/seclusion?

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    What measures are in place to

    assure all patients have accessto resuscitative measures?

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    How do you monitor resuscitation outcomes?

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    What processes are in place tooptimally manage patient pain?

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    Have you addressed the specialneeds of patients who arepossible victims of alleged or suspected abuse or neglect?

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    How do you plan care to ensure

    that it is appropriate to thepatient s needs?

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    How the same level of care isconsistently assured?

    Explain the medical staff s role in theuse of restraint or seclusion related to:

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    use of restraint or seclusion related to:

    Plans, policies, priorities: Assessment processes that identify

    and prevent, when appropriate,potential behavioral risk factors:

    Design and delivery of care:

    Development and promotion of preventive strategies and use of safeand effective alternatives to restraint:

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    What type of performanceimprovement activities areconducted related to restraints?

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    How do you provide for special

    nutritional requests of the patientwhen the kitchen is closed?

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    Who monitors food preparation,

    safety and storage and how arethese processes monitored?

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    What has the Nutritional CareServices Department done to

    improve the provision of food andnutrition to the patient population?

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    What has the Nutritional CareServices Department done toimprove the meal serviceprovided?

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    How do you ensure that members of the Nutritional Care ServicesDepartment, Pharmacy, Nursing andthe medical staff find out promptlywhen a patient is on a drug in which

    there is a potential interaction withfood?

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    Are dietitians available on weekends?

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    Describe how patients areinvolved in the assessment andmanagement of pain?

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    Do you periodically evaluatepatient s progress against care

    goals and the plan of care? Are theplans or goals revised whenindicated?

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    How do you provide for coordination among the healthprofessional(s) and service(s) or setting(s) involved in patient care?

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    Describe the informed consentprocess on your unit. Who must

    inform the patient about operativeand other procedures, and what mustthe patient understand prior to

    signing an informed consent?

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    Is there a discharge planner available on the weekends andholidays? If not, what education

    has your staff received regardingordering of home health supplies?How does the discharge processwork in this instance?

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    Who on this patient care unit isapproved to take verbal or telephone orders? When must theorder be signed by the orderingphysician?

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    What procedures are used to guidethe care of patients in restraint and

    seclusion? How do you know thatstaff members follow the guidelines,when restraint and seclusion are

    used in the care if a patient?

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    Can restraints be initiated by an R.N?

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    What must the physician order

    include for the use of restraints?

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    How long is an order for

    Medical/Surgical restraint on apatient valid?

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    if a patient is restrained for suddenaggressive behavior, how soonmust the patients is assessed face-to-face by the physician and howlong is the restraint good for?

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    Who is responsible for monitoring resuscitation (CodeBlue) outcomes and how oftenis this performed?

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    How can you be certain that acrash cart on a different unit isstocked the same as the cart onyour unit?

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    How often do the Nurses checkthe contents of all crash cart?

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    What is your visitation policy?

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    What is the process if you

    suspect a patient is an abusevictim?

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    Do you have access to nutritionfor patients after dietary isclosed?

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    Describe what steps are taken in

    the care of theimmunosuppressed patient

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    Describe the process for performing a test or procedure ona patient with a behavior management problem?

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    What is your hospital s policy

    regarding organ donation? Whattissue bank do you report to?

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    If your facility does not treatpatients suffering from mentalillness/behavior problems, whatwould staff do if it becameapparent that a patient with a

    medical/surgical illness was inneed of mental health care?

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    Can a physician write a PRNorder for restraints?

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    How are patient rights, dignity

    and well-being protectedduring an episode of restraint?

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    Where are patientassessments/interventions relatedto restraints documented?

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    How staff are trained in theproper use of restraints?

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    What is available for foodpreferences for patients of other cultures/religions?

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    ANESTHESIA & SURGICAL CARE

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    What do you do if you discover thepatient does not have a signed,

    informed consent in the medicalrecord prior to surgical procedure (ascenario where the patient is in the

    surgical preoperative holding area):

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    Where is IV conscious sedation

    given? Are patients receivingconscious sedation recovered thesame as surgical patients?

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    Are medical staffs privileged togive conscious sedation? If not,

    how are you sure they arecompetent to provide thisservice?

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    Do you document informedconsent for anesthesia? How are

    you sure the patient has beengiven information about all risks,options and alternatives?

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    How do you know which

    procedures present a potentialfor blood transfusion?

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    What are the criteria for discharge from the PACU?

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    How are surgical casesreviewed? Who determinesthe criteria used in the review?

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    Are individuals administeringsedation and anesthesiaqualified?

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    Is pre anesthetic evaluationpreformed prior toadministering sedation or anesthesia?

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    Is anesthesia care of eachpatient planned anddocumented in the patient

    record before the patientreceives the anesthesia? Whatinformation is included in theanesthesia plan of care?

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    Are anesthesia risks, potentialcomplications, and options

    discussed with patients andtheir families prior toadministering anesthesia?

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    Is each patient s psychologicalstatus during anesthesia

    administration continuouslymonitored and documented inthe patient s record?

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    Describe the process for monitoring patients during thepost-anesthesia recoveryarea?

    If moderate and deep sedation

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    considered a high-risk procedurein your organization? If so, aredata collected and intensively

    analyzed from a risk managementprospective, when significantunexpected events andundesirable trends and variationoccur?

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    How do you recover patients if

    they have received conscioussedation?

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    Are all physicians allowed toorder and administer moderateto deep sedation (conscioussedation)?

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    What policies and procedureshave been established to guide the

    care of those patients undergoingmoderate or deep sedation, if usedin the area?

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    What are the qualifications of the individual responsible for

    monitoring the patientundergoing moderate or deepsedation?

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    Why is it important to assess

    reversal agent use?

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    How do you know the physicianperforming the endoscopy

    procedure is privileged andcompetent?

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    What processes are in place toprevent surgery on the wrong

    body part or wrong side of thepatient s body?

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    What is your policy on allowingrepresentatives from equipmentmanufacturers into the Surgical

    Services Department? Are theseindividuals allowed to observeprocedures? Are they allowed toparticipate in procedures?

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    What are the minimal preoperative

    testing requirements for all surgicalpatients?

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    Is a plan of anesthesia careformulated and communicatedamong care providers prior toadministering anesthesia?

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    Are anesthesia options and risksdiscussed with patients and their families prior to administeringanesthesia?

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    Are patients discharged from thepost anesthetic recovery area byan anesthesiologist or other

    qualified individual or by aqualified individual who appliescriteria and discharges thepatient?

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    Describe how you monitor

    patients during the post-procedure period.

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    How is pain managed for thePACU patient? How can staff

    determine if the patient justemerging from anesthesia is trulyhaving pain?

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    Are patient family membersallowed in the PACU? Arethere ever any specialcircumstances regarding this?

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    MEDICATION MANAGEMENT & USE

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    What has the medical staff

    done with ADR reports toimprove the care of patients?

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    What ADR trends have youidentified? What type of follow-up do you do? What is your

    ADR rate?

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    How are medication errors reported?

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    What is your medication error rate? How does this comparewith other organizations?

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    How are food-drug interactions

    reported?

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    How do you educate patientsabout food-drug interactions?When do you provide theeducation?

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    Are patient profiles from the

    Pharmacy available to allcaregivers?

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    How does nursing staff obtain

    needed medications when thePharmacy is closed?

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    What is your policy on self-administered drugs by patients?

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    Describe how you monitor selection, ordering, preparation,administration and medicationeffect on the patient as part of your performance improvement

    program:

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    How do you knowyour Pharmacy issecure?

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    Describe your controlled

    substance protocol

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    How are controlled substancesused by anesthesia tracked?

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    Do storage, distribution,and control of medicationsreflect policies andprocedures?

    Has the organization planned for emergency medications to be

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    located in ambulatory or outpatientclinics? When present, what is the

    procedure used to prevent abuse,theft, or loss of the medication?What is the process to replaceemergency medications when used,damaged, or out-of date?

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    How do you determine if patients are usingalternative medicines(herbals, etc.)?

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    What do you do toobtain medicationsafter hours?

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    Do you as staff members feelcomfortable reportingmedication errors?

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    How do you managepediatric medicationdosing in an emergencysituation?

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    How often is your resuscitation cart checked?

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    How do you comply with therequirement that medicationorders are to be reviewed by apharmacist prior to patientadministration when the

    Pharmacy is closed?

    How do you assure that only medicationsthat are needed for emergent or urgent

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    patient needs are obtained andadministered when the Pharmacy isclosed (i.e., when a patient is admitted at2:00 AM. with orders for medications andthe Nursing Supervisor fills these orders,how are you sure only those medicationsthat are of urgent/emergent need areobtained)?

    Do you monitor illegible

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    handwritten physicianorders? Have you identified

    any problem areas? If so,have you been able toachieve improvements in thisarea?

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    Describe training and educationprovided regarding

    cardiopulmonary resuscitation of patients and the Pharmacy staff s involvement with this

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    Who is responsible for checking

    medication refrigerators?

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    What is the PharmacyDepartment s role in painmanagement?

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    How medication recalls are handled?

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    Who monitors medicationswasted in anesthesia? How

    are controlled drugs managedin the Surgical Services area?

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    How are medicationerrors being tracked

    and does this processinclude prescribingerrors?

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    What are your narcoticdiscrepancies during the last sixto twelve months? Have younoted any trends? What is thePharmacy Department doing to

    improve discrepancies?

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    How are medication useprocess organized throughoutthe organization? What is theprocess for overseeingmedication use in the

    organization?

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    Do you have a list of medications stocked in theorganization? What is themethod for overseeing thelist?

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    How do you obtain neededmedications not stocked or normally available to theorganization?

    Are written policies andd d id

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    procedures used to guideprescribing, ordering,

    administration, and monitoring of medications? Are the uniformlyused throughout the organizationwhere medications are used?

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    Describe the hospital s use of verbal medicalorders?

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    Who is permitted toprescribe and order medications?

    Is the self administration of

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    Is the self-administration of medications permitted in the

    organization? How do youensure that it is done safely,when permitted?

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    What is done with anymedications that are brought

    into the organization for or bythe patient?

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    Who is responsible for supervising the storage,

    preparation, and dispensingof medications?

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    How do you ensure thatmedications are dispensed in

    a form requiring minimalmanipulation?

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    How do you identify patientsbefore medications areadministered?

    How are medication errorsreported? What time frame must

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    medication errors is reported? Whathave you learned from the

    aggregation and analysis of medication error data? What, if anychanges have been made in themedication use processes from useof this information?

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    What would you do if youfound that the emergency

    box or crash cart wasunlocked?

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    Describe how the medicationorders are processed for your hospital.

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    How are drug storage areas checked?

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    Is there an automaticstop policy at your

    hospital? How does itwork?

    Who is approved to mix Kcl?Who is approved to administer

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    Who is approved to administer this drug and monitor the patient?

    How do you know that staff member is competent to managethe type of patient who requires

    this medication?

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    What is your policy for use of multi-dose vialsof medications?

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    How do policies and procedures

    support safe medicationprescription and ordering?

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    How are adverse

    medication effects noted inthe patient s record?

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    U d h t i t

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    Under what circumstances maythe inpatient nurse give a first

    dose of medication to a patientprior to the pharmacist review of the medication order?

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    PATIENT & FAMILY EDUCATION

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    How do you assess the patient s and familys education needs,

    their ability and readiness tolearn?

    When appropriate, are patientsgiven instruction on the safe and

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    given instruction on the safe andeffective use of medications,including potential interactionsbetween medications and food,nutritional guidance, safe use of

    medical equipment, andrehabilitation techniques?

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    How do you identify thepatient/family need for education?

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    How do pharmacy and nutritional

    services work together in patientand family education?

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    How the family is educated on

    how to assure compliance andcontinued care?

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    What questions can you ask your patients to determine their level of understanding

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    When do you start to educatethe patient?

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    How are patients educated about

    Food Drug Interactions?

    Are the patients given

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    Are the patients giveninstructions on the safe and

    effective use of medicalequipment, when required?

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    How do you educate thepatient s family about restraintuse?

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    How do you know

    patient/family teaching hasbeen effective?

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    How are patients educatedregarding their responsibility insafety issues pertinent to their care?

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    At time of patient discharge, whatis done in terms of educating thepatient/family?

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    What type of pre-procedureeducation is provided to thepatient?

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    What type of post-procedure

    education is provided to thepatient?

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    Describe your patient educationprocesses, including preoperativeand postoperative education

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    How does staff on this unit assessthe learning needs and barriers of the patient?

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    QUALITY IMPROVEMENT &PATIENT SAFETY

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    Describe the hospital s sentinelevent policy and the procedure for reporting events to the JCI.

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    Have you had a sentinel event or near miss occurrence? Whatprocedural changes have youinstituted following an event?

    Does the unit get information back

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    gfrom indicators? If yes how do you

    use the information? What impacthas the data had on your operations?

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    What information is available

    relative to patient satisfaction withthe services provided?

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    How have leaders

    implemented a patient safetyprogram?

    Does the organization have a

    process to intensively assess datawhen significant unexpected

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    p ywhen significant unexpectedevents and undesirable trendsand variation occur?Describe which types of eventswould be included in this intensiveanalysis.

    How do the selected KPI

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    measures focus on your

    organization s mission, visionand improvement planningstrategies?

    How was your organization s staff

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    y gtrained on the KPI initiative?(This question includes collectionof data, analysis and use of data.)

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    How measure selections were

    communicated to staff?

    Outline your organizational

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    Outline your organizationalperformance improvement

    program (how program isimplemented and how it works)

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    What is your method or model

    of performance improvement?

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    Explain how your organization

    plans and designs new or redesigns, existing processes

    Explain the types and methods of

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    Explain the types and methods of data collection you perform for

    performance improvementpurposes

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    When does Leadership analyzecurrent performance? How is thisconducted?

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    Describe actual improvements

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    Describe actual improvementswithin the facility or community asa result of performanceimprovement activities

    Are quality Improvement and

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    q y ppatient safety activities carried out

    in a collaborative fashion amongdepartments and disciplines?

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    How do leaders prioritize the

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    processes to be monitored? How

    do leaders prioritize thoseprocesses and activities to beimproved?

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    What data are collected about

    the Patient assessment?

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    What data are collected

    about the use of anesthesia?

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    Do you monitor the use of

    blood and blood products?

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    Do you monitor staff

    expectations and satisfaction?

    Have you identified any issuesform monitoring patient and family

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    g p yexpectations and satisfaction of

    their care? What if anything, haveyou changed as a result of thisinformation?

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    What if anything, have you learned

    from monitoring the use of antibiotics and other medications?

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    How do you know that

    improvements in quality and safetyis achieved and sustained?

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    How do you have input on whatshould be improved in your area?

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    What were some of theaccomplishments in the pastyear?

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    What is everyone s responsibility

    in data collection?

    If our hospital should need toscale down its efforts for any of

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    various reasons, what criteria

    would the performanceimprovement and patient safetycouncil use to prioritize the

    minimal efforts to be continued?

    What are clinical guidelines and

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    What are clinical guidelines andhow do they affect the outcome of the patient?

    What are some examples of

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    pclinical protocols at our facilitythat have been successfullyimplemented?

    What are some clinical protocols

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    that we are working on and

    planning to implement within thecoming year?

    What types of outcome indicators

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    What types of outcome indicatorsare being monitored by NursingServices?

    How have departmental staffs

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    How have departmental staffsbeen educated about sentinelevents?

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    What role does your

    department play in improvingpatient safety?

    Do the members of your d f l f bl

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    department feel comfortable

    reporting medical/health careerrors?

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    How and when do you report

    a medical/health care error?

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    What is a sentinel event?

    Who has responsibility for the

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    Who has responsibility for theimplementation of the QualityManagement System?

    How often is the Quality Management

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    Q y gSystem reviewed and what were theresults of your last review?

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    What is OVR?

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    How do you report incidents?

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    Who should fill out Incident Reports?

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    To whom do you report incidents?

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    What is a "Near Miss"

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    PREVENTION & CONTROL OF

    INFECTIONS

    What procedures are in place to

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    p preport infections when they havebeen identified?

    What action has the hospital taken

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    pto reduce the risk of or preventnosocomial infections?

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    Is surgical site surveillance conducted?

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    What has been improved as a

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    result of your infection control andsurveillance program efforts?

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    How are staffs educated about

    categories of isolation?

    What is the most common isolation

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    category implemented in thisinstitution?

    What type of education has beenprovided to staff regarding the

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    p ov ded to sta ega d g t eBlood borne PathogensStandards and the Needle StickPrevention Act?

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    What is your staff needle stick rate?

    How infectious diseaseconsultations are managed? Ish ifi i i i

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    there a specific criterion or triggers,

    or is the process dependent uponspecific request by the InfectionControl Nurse?

    What types of prevention activities

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    What types of prevention activities

    are currently in process?

    What role does the InfectionControl Nurse, program and/or

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    committee play in relationship topatient safety activities conductedat this institution?

    As the Infection Control

    Nurse/Epidemiologist do you workfull time? If not, how many hours

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    , yper week do you work? How didyou arrive at this ratio of hours?How do you know it is sufficient for

    the facility?

    Has this institution experienced

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    pany outbreaks during the past 12months?

    Have you treated any patients with

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    Have you treated any patients with

    tuberculosis?

    How many negative airflow rooms

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    How many negative airflow rooms

    do you have?

    How is Employee Health related

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    p yto the Infection Control Program?

    How do you prevent

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    transmission of infections frompatients to staff?

    Describe your waste managementprogram as it relates to the handling

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    program as it relates to the handling

    of infectious waste?

    Describe how your infectioncontrol activities are integrated

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    control activities are integrated

    with the hospital s performanceimprovement activities

    Describe the resources availableto you, such as professionaljournals related to infection

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    journals related to infection

    control, internal and externaldatabases, professional library,CDC and APIC data

    Why is there an infection control

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    Why is there an infection control

    program?

    What single action is recognizedby the CDC (center of diseasecontrol and prevention) as the

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    control and prevention) as the

    most effective means of preventing the spread of infection within a facility

    What does the term of Standard

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    What does the term of Standard

    Precaution mean?

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    What is personal protectiveeq ipment? Name an e ample and

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    equipment? Name an example and

    when you should use.

    If a patient has an infection whichrequires isolation where would

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    requires isolation, where would

    you find information regarding thetype of isolation required?

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    What immunizations are available

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    to our employees?

    What precautions are taken for

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    patients with known or suspectedTB?

    D dl ?

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    Do you recap needles?

    H d di f h ?

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    How do you dispose of sharps?

    Who is on your infection controlcommittee? How do you utilize

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    committee? How do you utilize

    these persons?

    What types of surveillance, other

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    than infections, are you doing?

    Have there been any areas of concern for possible infectionsin the last year such as

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    in the last year such as

    construction and what did youdo about it?

    H IC P g d l d?

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    How was your IC Program developed?

    What is the most prevalent infectionseen in your hospital? How is it

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    seen in your hospital? How is it

    addressed?

    What do you do with theinformation (re infections) you

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    information (re. infections) you

    gather?

    Where do you get the data (re:infections within the hospital,

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    nosocomial and communityacquired)?

    What hand hygiene training is

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    provided to staff and patients?

    Is there a competency for handwashing/use of alcohol

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    washing/use of alcohol

    agents?

    What preventive efforts ared i i l h l h?

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    you doing in employee health?

    What questions do you ask onyour employee medical

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    your employee medical

    assessment?

    What is your program in preventinginfections in donated organs and

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    g

    with organ procurement.

    How do you report to theHealth Department and

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    Health Department andwhat/when etc.

    How is infection data presented

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    up and down in the institution?

    What is your action if youprick yourself with a dirty

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    prick yourself with a dirty

    needle?

    Have you had any sentinelevents related to infection

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    events related to infection

    control?

    Where are your hot spots? Whatinterventions did you use toreduce the risk of infections? Who

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    was involved? Are you monitoringthe changes?

    Tell me about your employeehealth program. Do you have

    much TB in this area? Have youhad any conversions in the lastyear? What percentage of your

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    year? What percentage of your staff had their PPD last year?What are the major issues inemployee health? Tell me aboutyour flu vaccine initiative.

    Do you re-sterilize any single used i ? Whi h i ?

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    devices? Which items?

    Asked staff about blood spill kits,yearly Infection Control

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    yearly Infection Control

    education

    How do you get information backfrom the physicians concerning

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    p y g

    post-op infections/SSIs?

    Who do you network with locally?

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    Who do you network with locally?

    Where do you refer patients to or consult with concerning infectious

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    g

    disease?

    Asked about prophylactic pre-operative antibiotic usage and

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    p g

    trends.

    With so much out-patient surgerybeing done, how do you find out

    h t t i f ti t

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    what your post-op infection ratereally is?

    In current literature, there has beennoted an increase of cross-contamination due to computer

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    p

    hardware. Have you come acrossthat?

    Speaking to operating roomrepresentative: What do you

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    representative: What do you

    decontaminate?

    What plans do you have for d t i ti

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    decontamination

    For clinical personnel, whatare o doing abo t nails?

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    are you doing about nails?

    What information do your employees have about blood

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    p y

    exposures?

    How often do you do infectioncontrol rounds and with whom?

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    control rounds and with whom?

    For HIV text, how quickly do youget the results back?How and when do you start anexposed employee on prophylactic

    di i ?

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    medications?Going back to HIV, have you had toput exposed employees on

    drugs? How were they exposed?

    What is IC's role in construction?

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    Monitoring of air quality and water

    quality---who did it, how often,where was it reported, what wasb i d i thi d i

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    being done in this area duringconstruction, did we have backupplans for disruption of services, etc.

    Explain your process for

    sterilization of equipment /instruments, including flasht ili ti Wh t t f

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    sterilization. What type of documentation do you keepregarding sterilization?

    How do you manage an infectiouspatient in the OR? Whatprecautions are undertaken to

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    p

    prevent spread of the infection inthe sterile environment?

    What type of measures or policiesdo you have in place to preventnosocomial infections as a result

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    nosocomial infections as a resultof food or nutrition?

    What type of orientationregarding food safety is providedto new Nutritional Care Services

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    to new Nutritional Care Servicesstaff?

    How do you manage patients withinfections? How do you preventnosocomial outbreaks within the

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    nosocomial outbreaks within thedepartment and hospital wide?

    Do you ever use non-disposablesuture kits? If so, what is thel i d h d

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    cleaning process and who doesthis?

    Describe the following:

    The process for reportinginformation about infections;and

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    and Actions you have taken to reducethe risk of or prevent nosocomial

    infections.

    How are instruments cleaned?

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    What type of personal protectiveequipment is used when cleaning

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    equipment?

    How are you sure the room wherecleaning is performed is safe for personnel and that they are not

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    personnel, and that they are notexposed to chemicals?

    Describe the disposalprocess for anatomical

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    remains

    What types of infectious patientshas staff dealt with in the PACU?What is the process for preventing

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    nosocomial infection in thisenvironment?

    Do risk reduction procedures and

    processes address engineeringcontrols, such as positiveventilation systems biological

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    ventilation systems, biologicalhoods in laboratories, andthermostats on water heaters?

    What situations require the useof masks and gloves?

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    g

    Describe the processes for tracking nosocomial infection risks,

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    rates, and trends?

    How do you dispose of infectiouswaste?

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    waste?

    When should you wash your hands?

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    How do you handle soiled linen?

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    GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP &DIRECTION

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    How is the hospital s mission and

    vision communicated to all hospitaland medical staff? How do thehospital leaders know they have

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    p yeffectively communicated themission/vision?

    Describe your hospital s planningprocess and describe how thisrelates to your mission and vision

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    ystatement

    What patient outcomes have youbeen able to improve based on your

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    KPI data measurements?

    Describe how the hospital has

    established processes that definethe qualifications, responsibilities,competencies and staffing required

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    p g qfor supporting and maintaining itsmission

    Do you have a conflict of interestpolicy? Describe your process for addressing conflict of interest in the

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    gfacility

    Describe how you are certain thatservices provided to patients relates

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    to their identified needs

    Describe how you have planned tocoordinate administrative withclinical decisions for patients that

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    you may receive that are under legal or correctional restrictions

    Describe how departments haveestablished goals and scopes of

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    service

    How was your hospital-wide planfor providing patient caredeveloped? Who was involved in

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    the development? How did youimplement this plan?

    Describe how hospital-wide policiesare developed and who is involved

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    in the development

    Do patients with like healthcareproblems and needs receive thesame quality of care throughout the

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    q y ghospital? How are you sure of this?

    How do you assure that patients

    requiring tests, services or procedures not provided by your hospital receive the necessary

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    p ycare? Describe the medical staff s involvement in this process

    Describe how performanceimprovement priorities are

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    established

    Describe which individuals areinvolved in the planning process for the operating budget and long term

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    p g g gcapital budget

    Describe your hospital s approach to

    performance improvement. How areplanning the improvement process,setting priorities and assessing

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    g p gperformance in a systematic manner included?

    Describe how your facility maintainsachieved improvements

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    How were performanceimprovement expectations

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    established?

    What important internal processesand activities are continuously andsystematically assessed and

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    improved throughout your facility?

    How were the leaders in theorganization educated regardingperformance improvement

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    p papproaches and methods?

    Who establishes and evaluatesthe responsibilities of department/service directors?

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    pHow is this done?

    What types of resources areallocated for assessing andimproving the hospital s

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    governance, managerial, clinicaland support activities?

    Explain how the leaders assessthe effectiveness of their contributions toward improving

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    p gperformance

    Describe your process thatassures that the competence of all staff members is assessed,

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    maintained, demonstrated andimproved on an ongoing basis

    Describe your staffing plan, andexplain how you assess actualstaff provided against projected

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    staffing

    Describe how your facilitypromotes personnel self-

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    development and learning

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    How are leaders involved inassuring that billing and marketingpractices are conducted in an

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    ethical manner?

    How can you be sure your dischargeand transfer practices are conducted

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    in an ethical manner?

    Have you started a new patientcare service recently?

    Have there been any existingservices that have undergonesignificant change recently?

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    g g yDescribe the processes involved inimplementing this new service/this

    recent change in service

    Describe your restraint policy.How do the leaders of the facilityensure that only limited, justified

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    restraint or seclusion use isconducted?

    Describe the patient and familyeducation processes in place in

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    your institution

    Explain the process you as leadersuse to approve the policies andplans used to operate your

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    organization.

    What is a recent example of howthe governance of thisorganization has supported and

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    promoted quality managementand improvement efforts?

    How do you monitor the servicesoffered by an outside organizationwith which you have a contract to

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    provide services?

    What is your process for identifying in writing the servicesprovided by each department?

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    How do you know the documentsare current?

    When did the organization last testits community-wide disaster plan?What changes, if any, did you

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    make in the plan as a result of testing?

    Discuss the processes for staff recruitment, retention and staff development and continuing

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    education.

    How do leaders support theoversight of professional ethical

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    issues?

    What is mission statement?

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    What does your hospital missionstatement mean to you?

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    What is your definition of quality?

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    Who are your customers?

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    How do you decide on Boardmembers?

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    How do you evaluate Boardmembers? Do you have a formal

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    process to evaluate the Board?

    What have you done concerningergonomics?

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    How do you protect the integrityof clinical decisions?

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    Tell me about your organdonation program

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    How does the community let youknow their needs?

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    How do you measure if you aremeeting community needs?

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    Tell me about your population?

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    What are the job requirements of the medical director?

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    Asked medical director about performance

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    improvement activities

    What type of feedback do youget from patients?

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    What barriers make it difficult toobtain needed staff?

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    Does the hospital have an effectivemechanism to ensure that licensedindependent practitioners function

    i hi h f d

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    within the scope of grantedprivileges?

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    How are recommendations toappoint or reappoint practitioners

    d h G i B d ?

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    made to the Governing Body?

    What is the criteria for initialappointment and how was this

    i i d l d?

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    criteria developed?

    What are the criteria for granting,renewing and/or revising clinical

    i il ?

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    privileges?

    How are you sure that individualswith clinical privileges provideservices within the scope of thoseprivileges? Are privilege lists

    d d fl h i

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    updated to reflect changes inprivileges, technology or clinicalpractice?

    Do decisions on reappointmentor revisions or renewal of clinicalprivileges consider criteria that

    di tl l t d t lit f

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    are directly related to quality of care? Explain

    Describe your peer reviewprocess and how this impacts

    th d ti li f ti

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    the credentialing function

    What is the process if theGoverning Body declines amedical staff recommendation for

    i t t i t t?

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    appointment or reappointment?

    Does the competency review attime of reappointment include thepractitioner s ethical behavior

    tt ?

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    patterns?

    What mechanism does your medical staff have in place toassure all practitioners are treatedf i l ?

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    fairly?

    How do you know the members of the Credentials Committee arecompetent and knowledgeable to

    f th i d ti itt

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    perform their duties as a committeemember?

    How often your privilege listsare revised?

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    What process does your medicalstaff have in place to accurately

    assess outcomes from a statisticalstandpoint? (i.e., for thoserequesting surgical privileges, attime of reappointment do o list

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    time of reappointment do you listnumber of procedures performedversus number of complications)

    How you are sure informationregarding any medicalmalpractice judgments iscommunicated at time of

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    appointment or reappointment?

    What does a department director doif he/she has no personalknowledge of an applicant for reappointment and there are nomembers with knowledge of the

    practitioner on the committee

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    practitioner on the committeereviewing privilege requests, tomake a determination regarding thepractitioner s competence?

    How is Nursing Leadershipinvolved in the budget process?

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    How is Nursing Leadershipinvolved in improving patient

    satisfaction?

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    satisfaction?

    How much input does NursingServices have in hospital wide

    decision making processes?

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    decision-making processes?

    How do you contain and controldepartmental costs?

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    How is peer review for theMedical Director of the Clinical

    Laboratory performed?

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    Laboratory performed?

    How do your leaders define thefollowing:

    The qualifications andresponsibilities of staff working in

    this setting;

    A system to evaluate how well

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    A system to evaluate how wellstaff responsibilities are met; andThe number of staff needed to fill

    the setting s mission?

    How does the departmentmanager determine if staff iscompetent to perform assignedduties, and when appropriate,

    provide care for the special needs

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    provide care for the special needsand behaviors of specific agegroups?

    FACILITY MANAGEMENT &SAFETY

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    Have staff educated and trainedabout their roles in providing asafe and effective patient carefacility, including their roles in theorganization s plans for fire safety,

    it h d t i l d

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    security, hazardous materials, andemergencies?

    Have you maintained, tested, andinspected medical equipment in

    this setting?

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    this setting?

    How have the ambulatorycare/outpatient clinics been involvedin the risk assessment and planningactivities for utility systems, includingthe identification of areas and

    services at greatest risk when powerf l d

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    services at greatest risk when power fails or water is contaminated or interrupted? How have the risks of

    such events been reduced?

    Information on hazardous materialis located where?

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    What has the Safety Officer s rolebeen in developing departmentand organization safety policies,

    procedures and performance?

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    procedures and performancemeasures?

    Has the safety officer worked withappropriate staff to implementrecommendations and monitor

    their effectiveness?

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    their effectiveness?

    What performance measure hasbeen prioritized by the SafetyCommittee for recommendation

    to the Performance ImprovementC itt ?

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    to the Performance ImprovementCommittee?

    How does the Safety Committeeinteract with other hospital

    committees?

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    committees?

    How is information on incidentshandled? How does informationget to the Administrator/CEO?How does information get to theGoverning Body?

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    Governing Body?

    Describe how the organizationprovides for the security of

    patients and personnel

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    patients and personnel

    Describe your most challengingsecurity issue: How are you

    meeting this challenge?

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    meeting this challenge?

    What is the process for selectionof hazardous materials for use inthe organization? Who approvesthese materials?

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    these materials?

    What are the hazardous

    chemicals used in the hospital?Who is responsible for trainingthe employees? How do you

    know training has occurred and

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    know training has occurred andis effective?

    Where is the master list of

    MSDSs kept? Are unit specificMSDSs kept on individual units?(Surveyor may request specificMSDS and time staff s

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    MSDS and time staff s response.)

    What is the hospital s role incommunitywide emergency

    preparedness/management?

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    preparedness/management?

    What is the procedure youfollow when a bomb threat isreceived?

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    How are physicians oriented andeducated about life safety?(Surveyor may ask for

    documentation verifying physician

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    documentation verifying physicianeducation.)

    Describe the emergencyprocedures that are in place inthe event of a utility systemdisruption or failure

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    disruption or failure

    What are the PM completion rates?

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    What is your