code gold: bomb threat
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CODE GOLD:
Bomb Threat
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All Associates/students will assess their own area for any
suspicious objects.
If a suspicious object is located:
• DO NOT move the object
• DO NOT touch the object or anything attached to it
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Code Pre-Yellow Surge Alert
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Help departments as instructed to increase
throughput, etc.
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CODE O2Oxygen Emergency Procedure
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Telecommunications will page:
• Nursing Shift Coordinator
• Cardiopulmonary Director
• Respiratory Therapist
• Maintenance personnel
Those on duty will report to Telecommunication Office
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Code PurpleFirearm/Weapon Present
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If you observe or receive a report of an individual(s) displaying a fire arm or
other lethal weapon in a threatening manner, contact the following, if possible:
• Ext. 8-4444
• Maryland State Police – 911
Notify patients and visitors of the situation and direct them to an area of refuge
(Any area that will keep you out of Harm’s Way):
Locked restroom
Locked Office
Closet
Exit the Building
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Code Red
Fire Response Plan
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• This code is activated in the event of a fire, smoke, odor of
smoke, suspected fire, etc.
• If you report the fire by telephone (ex. 8-4444), you
MUST also activate the nearest Fire Alarm Pull Station.
• Ensure that all exit doors, especially those to stairways, are
not propped open.
• All stairwell doors must remain closed and latched to prevent
smoke and fire from entering escape routes.
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DO NOT use Elevators
during a Fire Emergency
To help you remember the steps to take in the event of a FIRE,
use the acronym RACE:
R –rescue
A – alarm
C – confine
E – extinguish
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RRT >Rapid
Response
Team
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Utilized when:
• An inpatient requires urgent attention
• Acute clinical change or nurse considers
patient at risk
• Initiated by nurse or other clinical staff
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RRT Exceptions!
• Due to strict regulations from Medicare which MANDATE that the Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation have emergency access to a Physician, the Pulmonary Rehab department will call a Rapid Response
• Unlike inpatient RRT’s, these patients will be taken to the ED for final management and disposition
• Outpatient Infusion Center will call 911 if there is an emergency
• These departments may also call a Code Blue depending on the situation. Since transport to the ED may also be necessary a Code Emergency Response may be initiated to expedite safe transfer to the ED as needed
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Code Emergency Response
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• Staff, Visitors, Students or an Outpatient in need of medical
assistance
• Ensures that all individuals requiring emergency care, who are
located on the hospital campus, receive care in a well-
coordinated manner.
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Emergency Management Plan
Emergency documents can be easily
accessed via the Hospital’s Intranet
Click on the Emergency Management button on the Home Page to access these documents!
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Infection Control
Standard Precautions and Transmission-
Based Precaution guidelines and signage
still present challenge throughout the
organization.
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Everyone must abide by the
standards identified on the
Infection Control signs!
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Transmission-Based Precautions Require:
• Patients to be placed in a private room
• Appropriate precautions sign on the door frame
• PPE (gowns, gloves, masks) in caddy on the door or on the cart
Airborne Precautions
Droplet Precautions
Contact Precautions
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Airborne Precautions
For Measles/Chickenpox For Tuberculosis (TB)
Persons entering the room MUST be
immune to measles or chickenpox.For suspected or known TB patient, people
entering the room must wear an N-95 or PAPR14
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Contact Precautions
For patients with MRSA, VRE, and
other highly antibiotic-resistant
organisms, RSV, Scabies, etc.
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Contact Precautions:
Enhanced Contact
• For patients with Clostridium
difficile (C.Diff.)
• Wash hands thoroughly with soap
and water only
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Droplet Precautions
For patients with influenza,
bacterial meningitis, pertussis, or
RSV, a surgical tie mask preferably
with face shield is recommended
NOTE: Patients with RSV also need
to be placed in Contact Precautions
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COVID-19 Precautions
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• Staff will use specific guidelines
when caring for COVID + patients
or Patients Under Investigation
(PUI)
• Students are NOT to enter a
COVID + or PUI patient rooms
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Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections
Associates/students must wash hands or apply a waterless hand antiseptic:
•Before having direct contact with a patient
•After any contact with a patient, including
intact skin (taking a pulse, BP, or lifting a patient, etc.)
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Associates MUST Wash Hands
or Apply a Waterless Hand Antiseptic:
• After contact with body fluids or excretions, mucous membranes, non-
intact skin, and wound dressings, even if hands are not visibly soiled
• After contact with inanimate objects in the immediate vicinity
of the patient
• After using a computer keyboard and/or mouse and before
patient contact
• After removing gloves
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Hand Hygiene
Hand Hygiene Guidelines Staff/students
must wash hands with soap and water:
• When hands are visibly soiled
• After using a restroom
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