Safety & Risk Management Flashcards
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A healthcare construction project is near a pharmacy clean room. Which airflow requirement is MOST critical to maintain during adjacent construction?
Answer: Negative pressure in the construction zone relative to the clean room
Maintaining negative pressure in the construction zone relative to the adjacent pharmacy clean room prevents dust and particulates from migrating into the controlled sterile environment.
What is the primary purpose of a 'Functional Risk Assessment' (FRA) in the context of healthcare construction project safety planning?
Answer: To identify how construction activities may impact patient care operations and staff workflows
An FRA examines how construction work may disrupt ongoing patient care functions, staff access, and clinical workflows, enabling mitigation planning before disruptions occur.
When a confined space in a healthcare facility is reclassified as a 'permit-required confined space,' what additional requirement is triggered for the construction crew?
Answer: A written permit system with atmospheric testing, attendant, and rescue plan
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1203 requires a written entry permit, atmospheric monitoring, a trained attendant, and an emergency rescue plan for permit-required confined space entry.
Under The Joint Commission's Environment of Care (EC) standards, who is ultimately responsible for ensuring ILSMs are implemented during a fire safety system impairment?
Answer: The healthcare facility's leadership and Environment of Care committee
TJC holds the healthcare organization's leadership accountable for implementing and monitoring ILSMs during any life safety deficiency, including contractor-caused impairments.
A CHC project involves removing ceiling tiles in a corridor adjacent to a bone marrow transplant unit. Which ICRA class is MOST likely assigned to the adjacent patient area?
Answer: ICRA Class 4 — Highest Risk
Bone marrow transplant patients are severely immunocompromised and classified as the highest-risk group (Class 4), requiring maximum precautions even for minor ceiling work.
Which safety hazard is UNIQUE to healthcare construction compared to standard commercial construction?
Answer: Infection transmission risk to vulnerable patients from construction activities
Infection risk transmission to immunocompromised or critically ill patients from construction dust, airborne pathogens, and water intrusion is a hazard unique to the healthcare construction environment.
After completing construction in a previously contaminated healthcare area, which activity must be completed BEFORE patient care resumes?
Answer: Post-construction cleaning, infection control clearance inspection, and environmental sampling if required
Infection control clearance — including enhanced terminal cleaning, visual inspection by infection control, and air or surface sampling — must be completed and approved before any patient care area is reoccupied.