considering using multi-dose vials for single patients, it may be more
cost-effective. One additional point to consider: If you're caught using
multi-dose vials inappropriately during an unannounced survey, you
could create an immediate jeopardy situation for your facility, mean-
ing your facility would be placed on a timeline for termination from
Medicare and Medicaid unless an acceptable corrective action plan is
submitted and a repeat survey validates that the deficiencies have
been corrected. You may also have to close the facility temporarily,
depending on the actual practice you violated and the surveyor.
Another unsafe injection practice: Pre-filling syringes at the start of
the day and using them for the entire day in place of USP 797's 1-hour
rule.
2. Surgical attire. Do your surgeons and staff wear skull caps in the
OR that don't completely cover hair because they cut off at the ears?
What about masks that aren't tied properly or left to dangle when the
procedure is over?
Hair has to be completely covered in the OR, according to AORN
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