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Flashcards by Elizabeth Then, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elizabeth Then
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| nature of injury risks | biological, ergonomic, chemical, physical, psychosocial, cultural |
| Top 10 hazards | alarm, medical errors using pumps, exposure to radiation burns, patient/data mismatches, failure with medical devices, air embolism, using adult measures on paeds, inadequate reprocessing of surgical instruments, caregiver distractions, surgical fires |
| patient safety initiatives | use surgical trigger tools, case note revies, team culture assessment tools, team stability, team briefing, WHO surgical safety checklist, |
| examples of biological risks | bloodbourne pathogens, latex allergy, surgical smoke |
| examples of ergonomic risks | engineering controls, administrative controls, behavioural controls |
| safety for nurses | radiation, latex, chemicals, waste anaesthetic gases, medical gas cylinders, electrical hazards, trip and ergonomic, exposure to blood and body fluids |
| Sharps safety | load and unloaded sharps by hand |
| personnel risk factors of using sharps | fatigue, fast pace, poor technique, lack of a neutral zone for transfer, unshielded needles |
| Injuries occur most often when | loading/unloading the needle repositioning the needle during hand to hand passing retracting or stretching tissue with hands tying a suture |
| What does ACORN say about sharps safety | cut resistant gloves and liners hands free passing technique in neutral zone sharp less surgery pass tray and single handed scalpel blade remover wearing protective footwear |
| medication safety | buidling dialogue about safety, identifying failure points, error reporting, identifying solutions, need for standards |
| characteristics of successful reporting systems | nonpunitive, confidentil, independent, expeert analysis, timely, responsive, systems orientated |
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