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srgt 1409
chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The joint commision | The primary acreditation organization for all health care facilities. |
| Accrediation | The process by which a hospital or other health care facility is evauluated by an independent organization. Accredited facilities are those that meet the standards of the accrediation agency |
| Administration | Individuals who manage an institution, plan its activies and provide oversight for day to day operations and employees, liasion between the facility and the community, government and media |
| Air exchange | the exchange of air between areas seperated by a physical boundary. Standards of air exchange are regulated by health and safety organizations the standards for air exchange is a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 filtered air exchanges per hour. |
| Back table | large stainless steal table on which most sterile surgical supplies and instruments are placed for use during surgery. |
| Biomedical Engineering technician | Professional who specializes in the maintanence and safe operations of devices used in medicine including surgical equipment. |
| Case cart system | Organizational method of preparing equipment and instruments, for a specific surgery. |
| Central core | The restricted area of the operating room, where sterile supplies and flash stabilizers are located. |
| Chain of command | A hieracry of personnel positions that establishes both vertical and horizontal relationships between positions |
| Decontamination area | A room or department in which soiled instruments and equipment are cleaned of gross matter and decontaminated to remove microorganism. |
| Efficiency | The economic use of time and energy to prevent unnessary expenditure of work, materials and time. |
| High effiency particulate air (heppa filters). | Filters installed in an operating room ventilating system that remove 99.99% particles equal to a larger than 0.3 micrometers. |
| Intergrated operating room | Type of structional and engineering design with digital computerized components such as cameras monitors such as enviromental controls that can be controled from a central location |
| Job description | a document that specifies duties responsibilities, location, pay, management structure of job |
| Job title | Such as Certified Surgical Technologist |
| Laminar airflow system | Ventilation system that moves a contained volume of air in layers at a continous velosity, with 800 to 900 air exchanges per minute. |
| Organizatinal Chart | A graphic depiction of an organizations chain of command that shows the lines of vertical(higher to lower) and horizontal(equal administrative authority. |
| Personnel policy | Policy that sets fourth the health care facilities job description role delineations, requirements for employment and rules of conduct for personnel |
| Post anesthesia care unit (PACU) | The critical care areas where patients are taken after surgery for monitoring and evaluation as they emerge from anesthesia. |
| Restricted area | Area of the operating room where only personnel wearing surgical attaire,including mask shoe covering, doors are kept closed and the air pressure is greater than that in areas outside the restricted areas. |
| Risk management | Process of tracking and evaluating and studing accidents and incidents to protect patients and employees. |
| Role confusion | Lack of clarity about ones job duties and requirements. |
| Semirestricted area | Desingnated area in which only personel wearing scrubs suits and hair caps that enclose all facial hair are allowed. |
| Traffic patterns | The movement of people and equipment into and out of the and within the operating room. |
| Transitional area | Area in which surgical personnel or visitors prepare to enter semirestricted and restricted areas are also locker rooms and changing areas. |
| Unrestricted areas | area that people dressed in street clothes may enter. |
| Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) | conducts research and establishes guidelines for infection control measures |
| Agency for healthcare records and quality (AHRQ) | National guidelines clearinghouse database(searchable database) |
| American Institute of Architects (AIA) | sets the primary standards for healthcare for healthcare facilities (engineering) |
| Enviromental Protection Agency(EPA) | sets and enforces regulations to safety in the enviroment, including hazardous chemicals and radiation. |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | regulates occupational hazards and safety |
| Mayo stand | Primary work station |
| Kick bucket | Soiled sponges and bandages |
| How is the floor plan of the operating room related to patient safety? | It is designed to keep with the traffic pattern,and also to keep a clear separation between soiled and clean equipment |
| What is a restricted area in the operating room? | surgicle suites, procedure rooms, sterile corridor,substerile rooms between surgicle suites and those where sterile supplies are kept. |
| How does the enviromental air pressure in the operating room relate to the spread of infection? | The operating room is maintained at 68 to 73f (20 to 23c)to less the growth of microorganisms. |
| Why is the operating room maintained at a specific humidity? | High humidity may increase the mold and bacterial growth on equipment low humidity can cause static electricity.Standard humidity in the operating room is 30%to60%. |
| What is a intergulated operating room? | A room designed with digital computerized components such as cameras and enviromental controls. |
| What is the purpose of hospital accrediation? | The process by which a health care facility is evaluated by an independant organization. |
| What types of problems might employees experience if they are familiar with policies of their employer? | They might not fully understand what is expected of them, and the proper way to perform. |
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