Question #1: Describe the essential elements of disaster emergency plan for health care facility. Question #2: List 3 precautions that can reduce the risk of injury to patients.

What three elements contribute to the increased the risk of microbiological contamination of the hospital environment?   Question 1 options:   hospital rooms and areas   tools and devices   staff and visitors   all of the above   none of these

Objective: Understand the role of risk management in helping to provide a safe and secure environment for employees and patients. Instructions Develop and recommend risk management solutions for the following scenario: An incident of workplace violence (WPV) has hit your desk. The initial report was made by a female staff member who has worked for the facility for five years. In the complaint, she states that over the past six months she has been shoved, scratched, and spat on by multiple patients. Furthermore, she indicates that the verbal abuse is beginning to cause her psychological harm. She is currently four months pregnant. You know that workplace violence can affect the unborn child as well as the employee.

A code was called for a hospital patient in respiratory distress. The code team turned on the oxygen, and the tank was empty. The current risk management plan lacked adequate guidelines to prevent this situation. Which recommendation should prevent a recurrence of this problem? Assign a nurse to check tanks daily Create an inventory of tanks in the facility Change to larger oxygen tanks Require incidents reports for each occurrence

Define the scope of the root cause analysis of medical errors Project.  A project scope describes the work that must be done to deliver the output of the project on time and within budget, and places the objectives of the project and its outputs within the larger context of the organization’s goals and objectives.  Scope defines the boundaries of the project (what’s in and what’s out), the expected outcomes, identifies constraints that limit a project team’s options for developing a solution, other organizational processes impact by the project, and internal and external stakeholders with whom the project team will interact.  Explain the end result of the project, the phases of work that the project team will undertake, and what activities will not be included in this project.