• The Hazardous Waste Regulations (2005) defines the way medicines are disposed of that are no longer required, in the case of home care they are returned to the pharmacy for destruction. Mandatory training, held annually is also provided by our company, if you do not attend you are not able to administer medication, the company also has it own policies and procedures regarding medication and this can be found on the intranet or you can ask
Like social security numbers, date of birth, address etc. This act is in place so that no personal information is sold or acquired by other companies or third parties. Information obtain is kept secured and private. Sharing or selling of personal information. Address, Phone Number, Social Security Number, Date of Birth, Age Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 Requires that all employees take and pass a drug screen test.
There have been accidental children poisoning incidents, which led to the government stepping in. Tide Pods has since decided to put a double latch on the lids to make them more kid proof. This year alone 2012, there were more than 250 pod poisoning accidents reported within the United States. (LaCapria, 2012). Tide Pods (P&G) are working with the American Cleaning Institute to educate and promote the safe handling, use, and disposal of all laundry detergents, and to remind everyone that cleaning products must be kept out the reach of children.
criminal law (set by parliament) 2. civil law (enforced by Environmental health officers and the health and safety Executive) a) Use of equipment- Making proper use of the equipment provided at work should only be carried out with specific training to all staff using the equipment ensuring they are competent to eliminate or reduce any risk of injury or hazards so to protect your self and others, with frequent training for refreshing all staff in health and safety. Under the health and safety legislation employees have legal responsibilities, if broken those responsible can receive a disciplinary depending on the severances of the incident, they can also be arrested, brought to court, find and/or imprisoned. b) first aid- First aid is the first help given to someone to prevent injury or illness from becoming worse. First aid can save lives so adequate training for first aid must be in place for all staff and made aware of the first aid arrangements. If a incident accurse and you are trained in first aid and feel confident to deal with the situation then do so, if not then get help immediately and provide assistance as required, failure to do so and fist aid is undertaken with out the right training putting your self and the person you are caring for at risk could result in a disciplinary, arrested, brought to court, find and/or
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). In total, CLIA covers approximately 239,000 laboratory entities. The Division of Laboratory Services, within the Survey and Certification Group, under the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) has the responsibility for implementing the CLIA Program. The objective of the CLIA program is to ensure quality laboratory testing. Although all clinical laboratories must be properly certified to receive Medicare or Medicaid payments, CLIA has no direct Medicare or Medicaid program responsibilities.
Your Full Name: UMUC Biology 102/103 Lab 2: The Chemistry of Life INSTRUCTIONS: On your own and without assistance, complete this Lab 2 Answer Sheet electronically and submit it via the Assignments Folder by the date listed in the Course Schedule (under Syllabus). To conduct your laboratory exercises, use the Laboratory Manual located under Course Content. Read the introduction and the directions for each exercise/experiment carefully before completing the exercises/experiments and answering the questions. Save your Lab 2 Answer Sheet in the following format: LastName_Lab2 (e.g., Smith_Lab2). You should submit your document as a Word (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) file for best compatibility.
Important information is shared through electronic medical records (EMR). Having a system that shares this information ensures that each member of the patient care team not only has all of the information but also has accurate information. Many times the historian in a patient interview is not the patient but a friend or family member. Without a direct line to the source of the information medicines get left off the list, surgeries get forgotten, and life threatening allergies are overlooked. With the implementation of an EMR patients will receive accurate treatment plans based on practitioners having the all the information needed to make critical
However, after this incident he hospital decided to perform MRI testing and biopsies in-house to prevent this error in the future because the Department of Human Services require internal reviews of pathology specimens. The hospital’s mission includes providing “fully integrated, accessible, affordable, and culturally sensitive care, one person at a time” (LAC+USC, 2012, p. 1). Los Angeles Hospital implements a trustworthiness policy that states “We are responsible and prudent stewards of the resources entrusted to us” (LAC+USC, 2012, p. 1). To ease the public perception of the hospital the trustworthiness policy states that “We are transparent in the work we do, honest and fact-based in our decision-making” (LAC+USC, 2012, p. 1). Therefore, the hospital currently agrees to offer individualized patient care, take accountability for actions performed at the facility, and to be fact-based in the decision-making
Confidential information is sent to the Physicians by an email link that can only be opened by the physician. HIPPA is still in full force where there is no privacy or information given out regarding a patient. The facility is meeting its goals with the Joint Commission adhering to the EMTALA rules and regulations, that patients are being seen in a timely manner and no one is turned away. My employer is continuing to grow and offer more ranges in technology with not just software by Cerner. Their future goals are to have robots with monitor screens that can
Evidence-Based Practice Intro to Professional Nursing 3010 April 11, 2015 Evidence-Based Practice As nursing developed as a profession, it gained a scientific basis that has developed theories and performed research specific to nursing and has defined the way that patients are treated. Nurses no longer utilize trial-and-error to treat patients, but use methods of treatment that are firmly based in knowledge gained through research (Black, 2014). “Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to clinical decision-making within a healthcare organization that integrates the best available scientific evidence with the best available experiential evidence” (Hain & Kear, 2015). In the past, patients were treated using