Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP) 276 Q&A/ Already Graded A+
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Joint Commission core value - Answer: Quality of care and safety of patients
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 - Answer: to report events, near misses, unsafe conditions and to decreas...
Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
276 Q&A/ Already Graded A+
Joint Commission core value - Answer: Quality of care and safety of patients
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 - Answer: to report events, near
misses, unsafe conditions and to decrease medical errors. defined requirements for reporting
events that threaten patient safety
Patient Safety - Answer: the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events
resulting from the processes of health care delivery.
Patient safety event - Answer: event, incident, or condition that could have resulted or did
result in harm to a patient
adverse event - Answer: A patient safety event that resulted in harm to a patient
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,sentinel event - Answer: a patient safety event not primarily rekated to the patients illness or
underlying condition that leads to death, permanent harm or severe temporary harm.
Reactive risk reduction - Answer: Attempts to prevent recurrence of problems that have already
caused patient harm.
Proactive risk reduction - Answer: Solves problems before patients are harmed
Sentinel event alert - Answer: A notification that defines processes and identifies measures that
can be used to prevent errors and improve outcomes
Process Decision Program Charts (PDPC) - Answer: Finds errors in plans while it is being created.
American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - Answer: inspects and accedidates critical access
hospitals
Accreditation canada - Answer: Camadian non profit organization that provides health
organizations with peer reviews
CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) - Answer: Focuses on
rehabilitation, employment, child and family and aging services.
CAP (College of American Pathologists) - Answer: offers laboratory inspection and proficiency
testing
NAM (National Academy of Medicine) - Answer: Provides guidelines for respirator use in
healthcare. Formerly called Institute of Medicine
AHCA / NCAL - Answer: American Health Care Association
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American Hospital Association (AHA) - Answer: advocacy group for health care organizations,
particularly hospitals
American Society of Healthcare Risk Management - Answer: ASHRM
Association for the health care environment - Answer: AHE
NCQA - Answer: National Committee for Quality Assurance; an accreditation body that has
become the primary group that accredits health plans.
Association of occupational health professionals in healthcare (AOHP) - Answer: Advocate for
occupational health professionals. Meet with OSHA
ECRI - Answer: Has templates for HVAs.
American Society of Healthcare Engineering - Answer: ASHE
Tenosynovitis - Answer: inflammation of the tendon and synovial membrane
DeQuervain's Disease - Answer: tenosynovitis of abductor pollicus longus and extensor pollicus
brevus
Trigger Finger - Answer: A condition whereby the finger flexors contract but are unable to
reextend because of a nodule within the tendon sheath or due to the sheath being too
constricted to allow for free motion.
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