Annual Package Assessment - PSA
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1. EMTALA means Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Law commonly known as Patient anti Dumping Act
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2. What are 2 items used to identify patients at risk for falls?
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3. Affirmative Duty is the legal obligation of hospital employees to report adverse incidents to the Risk manager.
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4. What is our performance improvement Methodology?
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5. All of these are examples of health care fraud except:
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6. If gloves are worn, it is still necessary to wash your hands after you remove them.
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7. Who is the Compliance Officer?
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8. Hand washing is the single most effective way to prevent the transmission of an infection.
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9. The SDS has the following Information:
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10. All employees required to maintain their own educational records, and to provide a copy of all continuing education activities to their department director for their file
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11. Under HIPAA, a patient has a right to:
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12. It is mandatory to formulate Advance Directives at Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus.
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13. A plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure to blood pathogens:
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14. Florida Statute 395.0197 requires at least 1 hour of education and training on risk management and risk prevention annually.
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15. Sexual Harassment is all but the following:
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16. The ABC Fire Extinguisher:
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17. CDC recommends that in addition to Standard/ Universal precautions, healthcare Workers utilize transmission based (isolation) precautions, these precautions include Airborne, Contact & Droplet.
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18. It is a requirement that an Emergency Room log be maintained.
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19. When a faulty equipment is encountered, the staff responsibility is to:
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20. A root cause analysis (RCA) is conducted any time a sentinel event occurs. The purpose of the RCA is to identify the basic or root cause of a process
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21. Which of the following does NOT have to be included in an accounting of disclosures?
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22. A hazardous material is:
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23. Frequent rounding is one way to prevent patient falls.
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24. Patients can request amendments to their medical records.
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25. Under which of the following situations are you allowed to repeat, to other personnel, health information you overheard while conducting your job?
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26. The word "RACE" stands for:
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27. A Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA) is a systematic way of examining a process before an occurrence for possible ways in which failure can occur. It assumes that no matter how knowledgeable or careful people are, errors will occur in some situations.
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28. How is Tuberculosis spread?
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29. Any employee who violates our privacy policies is subject to reprimand up to and including termination.
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30. Which statement is the best definition of Standard/Universal Precautions?
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31. Two (2) main purposes of the employee badge are for Identification & Clocking In & Out.
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32. The Mission statement of Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus is:
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33. How can puncture wounds be avoided?
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34. The code name for a fire is:
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35. If an employee is uncomfortable with providing a certain aspect of care, he/she should:
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36. When an external or internal disaster is called, ALL employees on duty should:
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37. Preventing falls is an important safety measure and applies to everyone
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38. A call for personnel to assist with a aggressive patient is paged as:
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39. What do the letters S.D.S stand for?
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40. Incident Reports are:
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41. The fire extinguisher nozzle should be aimed at:
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42. Whose responsibility is it to maintain current licensure or credentials needed for your position?
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43. EMTALA obligations end when the patient has been admitted as an inpatient.
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45. The Deficit Reduction Act provides an incentive to States to enact the false claims acts in the form of an increase of 10% points in its share of any amounts recovered.
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46. Employees that receive subpoenas at home that are hospital related should:
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47. Which adverse incidents are reported by the Risk Manager to AHCA within 15 calendar days after its occurrence:
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48. The standards set in the Compliance Code of Conduct are mandatory and must be followed.
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49. EMTALA requires all these except:
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50. What information can be released about a patient if they have chosen not to be listed in the patient directory?
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51. PPE means:
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52. A Sentinel Event is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury.
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53. At Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus, all incident reports must be submitted to Risk management within:
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54. When completing an incident report, keep the following in mind:
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55. An incident report must be completed for any event not consistent with routine operational procedure.
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56. According to Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus philosophy, the quickest way to communicate high standards of care to our patients, visitors and employees is by providing a ____ environment:
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57. Complying with good body mechanics means:
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58. It is the policy of Larkin Community Hospital to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to all but the following:
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59. Hepatitis B vaccine is offered free of charge to those whose job task includes the potential risk of exposure to blood and body fluids.
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60. A disposable particulate RESPIRATOR/mask called a N95 is required for the Healthcare worker, whenever in close contact with a known or suspected Tuberculosis patient?
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61. It is considered fraud if claims are submitted for items or services that are not provided.
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62. The first group of people to be evacuated in a fire is:
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63. All patients must be listed in the hospital's patient directory.
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64. The hospital must provide a medical screening examination when a request is made to determine if the patient has an emergency medical condition, regardless of a person's ability to pay.
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65. To report an emergency dial:
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66. The Compliance policies are found in Policy Manager
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67. The Compliance Code of Conduct only applies to Larkin's owners and directors
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68. As a healthcare worker you have an ethical obligation to keep patient information confidential.
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69. The drug and Alcohol Policy of Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus helps to maintain a work environment free of all but the following:
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70. The following statements describe the Performance Improvement Process used at Larkin Community hospital Palm Springs Campus:
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71. A Code Blue is:
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72. The purpose of decontamination is:
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73. Penalties for HIPAA violations include civil & criminal penalties, fines and/or jail time.
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74. General lifting rules include:
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75. Standard Precautions means to treat every patient as if they are infected.
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