CHSP-Certified Healthcare Safety Professional Exam With
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Joint Commision core value
Quality of care and safety of patients
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
to report events, near misses, unsafe conditions and to decrease medical errors.
defined requirements for reporting events that threaten patient safety
Patient Safety
the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events resulting from the
processes of health care delivery.
Patient safety event
event, incident, or condition that could have resulted or did result in harm to a patient
adverse event
A patient safety event that resulted in harm to a patient
sentinel event
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
Attempts to prevent recurrence of problems that have already caused patient harm.
,Proactive risk reduction
Saves issues before an individual get injured
Sentinel event alert
A notification that defines procedures and points out measures which can be useful in
preventing the occurrence of mistakes for better outcomes.
Process Decision Program Charts (PDPC)
Find mistakes in a scheme during its creation process
American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
Examines as well as accredits fundamental gain access to hospitals.
Accreditation canada
A non profit making organization in Canada, provides health organizations peer reviews
CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)
Focuses on rehabilitation, employment, child and family and aging services.
CAP College of American Pathologists
offers laboratory inspection and proficiency testing
NAM National Academy of Medicine
Provides guidelines for respirator use in healthcare. Formerly called Institute of
Medicine
AHCA / NCAL
American Health Care Association
National centers for assisted living
American Hospital Association AHA
advocacy group for health care organizations, particularly hospitals
,American Society of Healthcare Risk Management
ASHRM
Association for the health care environment
AHE
NCQA
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)
Advocate for occupational health professionals. Meet with OSHA
ECRI
Has templates for HVAs.
American Society of Healthcare Engineering
ASHE
Tenosynovitis
inflammation of the tendon and synovial membrane
DeQuervain's Disease
tenosynovitis of abductor pollicus longus and extensor pollicus brevus
Trigger Finger
, A condition in which the finger flexors contract but are unable to reextend due to a
nodule within the tendon sheath or because the sheath is too constricted to allow for
free motion.
Tennis elbow
painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from
overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
compression of the median nerve as it passes between the ligament and the bones and
tendons of the wrist
Raynaud's syndrome
a peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent attacks are triggered by
cold or stress
Ethylene oxide
gas used to sterilize surgical instruments and other supplies
1910,1047
AL = 0.5 ppm
PEL = 1 ppm
STEL = 5 ppm
Formaldehyde
1910.1048
Action level = 0.5 ppm
PEL = 0.75 ppm
Glutaraldehyde (Cidex)
Complete Solutions 100% Correct
Joint Commision core value
Quality of care and safety of patients
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
to report events, near misses, unsafe conditions and to decrease medical errors.
defined requirements for reporting events that threaten patient safety
Patient Safety
the avoidance and prevention of patient injuries or adverse events resulting from the
processes of health care delivery.
Patient safety event
event, incident, or condition that could have resulted or did result in harm to a patient
adverse event
A patient safety event that resulted in harm to a patient
sentinel event
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
Attempts to prevent recurrence of problems that have already caused patient harm.
,Proactive risk reduction
Saves issues before an individual get injured
Sentinel event alert
A notification that defines procedures and points out measures which can be useful in
preventing the occurrence of mistakes for better outcomes.
Process Decision Program Charts (PDPC)
Find mistakes in a scheme during its creation process
American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
Examines as well as accredits fundamental gain access to hospitals.
Accreditation canada
A non profit making organization in Canada, provides health organizations peer reviews
CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)
Focuses on rehabilitation, employment, child and family and aging services.
CAP College of American Pathologists
offers laboratory inspection and proficiency testing
NAM National Academy of Medicine
Provides guidelines for respirator use in healthcare. Formerly called Institute of
Medicine
AHCA / NCAL
American Health Care Association
National centers for assisted living
American Hospital Association AHA
advocacy group for health care organizations, particularly hospitals
,American Society of Healthcare Risk Management
ASHRM
Association for the health care environment
AHE
NCQA
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)
Advocate for occupational health professionals. Meet with OSHA
ECRI
Has templates for HVAs.
American Society of Healthcare Engineering
ASHE
Tenosynovitis
inflammation of the tendon and synovial membrane
DeQuervain's Disease
tenosynovitis of abductor pollicus longus and extensor pollicus brevus
Trigger Finger
, A condition in which the finger flexors contract but are unable to reextend due to a
nodule within the tendon sheath or because the sheath is too constricted to allow for
free motion.
Tennis elbow
painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from
overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
compression of the median nerve as it passes between the ligament and the bones and
tendons of the wrist
Raynaud's syndrome
a peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent attacks are triggered by
cold or stress
Ethylene oxide
gas used to sterilize surgical instruments and other supplies
1910,1047
AL = 0.5 ppm
PEL = 1 ppm
STEL = 5 ppm
Formaldehyde
1910.1048
Action level = 0.5 ppm
PEL = 0.75 ppm
Glutaraldehyde (Cidex)
