THE PRACTICAL DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
In practical terms, there are two kinds of sexual harassment:
Quid Pro Quo: Where employment decisions or expectations (e.g., hiring decisions, promotions, salary increases, shift or work assignments, performance expectations) are based on an employee’s willingness to grant or deny sexual favors. Examples of quid pro quo harassment:
· Demanding sexual favors in exchange for a promotion or a raise.
· Disciplining or firing a subordinate who ends a romantic relationship inappropriately.
· Changing performance expectations after a subordinate refuses repeated requests for a date.
Hostile environment: Where verbal or non-verbal behavior in the workplace: (1) focuses on the sexuality of another person or occurs because of the person’s gender, (2) is unwanted or unwelcome and (3) is severe or pervasive enough to affect the person’s work environment.
The following are examples of behaviors that can create a hostile environment if they are unwanted and uninvited:
· Off-color jokes or teasing
· Comments about body parts or sex life
· Suggestive pictures, posters, calendars or cartoons
· Leering, stares or gestures
· Repeated requests for dates
· Excessive attention in the form of love letters, telephone calls or gifts
· Touching – brushes, pats, hugs, shoulder rubs or pinches
· Assault/rape
For Code of Conduct and Sexual Harassment Concerns please contact:
William Farr, M.D. – Chief Medical Officer at 706-774-8076
Ø Standard Precautions include hand hygiene and must be used in the care of every patient.
Ø The same holds true for Standard Environmental Precautions.
Ø These important basic Precautions are essential to the safety of patients, visitors and healthcare workers. They are the means by which University Hospital prevents transmission (spread) of microorganisms (germs) from one person to another.
Ø When increased infection risk requires, the Infection Control Committee expands on Standard Precautions and posts mandatory requirements.
Sanitize Before...
Ø Patient contact
Ø Putting on gloves to insert a CVAD
Ø Inserting Foleys, peripheral IV or arterial lines, or other invasive procedures that don’t involve surgery
Sanitize After...
Ø Contact with a patient’s intact skin
Ø Contact with body fluids, secretions, excretions, non-intact skin or wound dressings
Ø Contact with the patient’s bed, furniture, BP cuff and other in-room supplies or equipment
Ø Glove removal
For more information, please contact the Infection Control Office at 706-774-2536.
Incident Reports & Labs
Students
Students involved in an incident or injury at University Health Care System, or in need of routine check-ups and lab work should report to their Student Health Service Clinic at MCG. The Student Health Service Clinic is located in Pavilion II. The address is AF-1040; Augusta, GA 30912-9070.
The clinic is open
Monday through Friday,
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Phone: 706.721.3448
Fax: 706.721.7468
Injections are given, by Nurse Sheppard, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
For your convenience, labs are drawn in the clinic on Wednesday and Friday afternoons, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Residents/Interns
Residents and Interns should report to their Employee Health Office at MCG located in Room 1026, Pavilion II. For additional information, please call 706-721-4018.
EMERGENCY CODES
An uncontrollable fire has occurred. The following steps must be followed (refer to University Hospital Policy Handbook, G-13):
1. Remove anyone in immediate danger.
2. Close the door to the area to help contain the fire and smoke.
3. Activate the nearest fire alarm pull station. An alarm will sound throughout the entire building and send a computerized message to Safety & Security.
4. Dial “66” and inform the operator of the “Code Red” and location of the fire.
5. Close all other doors.
6. If you are not in the immediate area of the fire, close all doors and continue with normal duties until further instructions are given.
A hazardous spill or release has occurred in the hospital environment. All calls regarding radiation contamination and chemical incidents should be forwarded to the Emergency Department. Notification of biological incidents should be referred to Infection Prevention. Refer to University Hospital Policy Handbook, G-7.
The Women’s Center has confirmed that an infant is missing. All employees should be on the lookout for anyone carrying a small child, anyone with a large bag (big enough to conceal an infant), and anyone in very loose-fitting clothes, etc. If you see a suspicious person(s), contact Security immediately to give the person’s description and direction of travel.
This means there is a missing/abducted pediatric patient (<17 years of age or younger) that can’t be located. If you see a suspicious person(s) contact Security immediately to give the person’s description and direction of travel.
A unit or area needs assistance in restraining a patient. (Dial “66” and inform the operator that a Code Grey exists.) When this code is announced, the Administrative Nursing Supervisor, the Resource Nurse and Security respond to the involved area/unit.
There is a medical emergency, and a person is in dire need of medical attention. In the main hospital, employees should dial “66”, and the in-house emergency response team will be paged to the involved area. Areas outside of the main hospital should call “911” for an ambulance to be dispatched and then”66” to request that the Administrative Nursing Supervisor respond. Refer to University Hospital Policy Handbook, G-117.
A disaster has occurred that is going to cause an influx of patients in the Emgerency Department. Each department has a responsibility during a Code Triage Standby. Employees should check with their supervisors for assignments; Medical Staff will be notified by the medical staff office and should wait for further notification of the need for participation. If you are assigned to the Labor Pool, you should go to the ER minor treatment waiting room. Department Directors are reminded to report to the Hospital Command Center (Volunteer Board Room) to obtain information about the disaster. Refer to University Hospital Policy Handbook, G-12.
This means that the victims are now in route to the hospital and have already started showing up at the Emergency Room.
This means a bomb threat and you should look for anything in your area that looks out of place (a bag or box that was not in your area earlier, etc.)and report it to security…do not touch anything that looks suspicious.
When “Shelter in Place” is announced, it has been deemed that it is safer for people to stay inside the hospital than to exit the building. This could be due to a toxic chemical release, for example. In any case, doors and windows to the hospital will be sealed with tape, and air/heating systems will be turned off so that contaminated air will not be circulated through the building. No one will be allowed to enter or exit the hospital until an “all clear” has been announced. Refer to University Hospital Policy Handbook G-107.
Revised 6/2011
The Allied Health Professional Guide to UH Life – Post Test
Multiple Choice Section (Please circle the correct answer):
1. To page a University Health Care System Pager from any hospital extension you must dial:
a) 77
b) 44
c) 66
d) 47
2. Examples of Sexual Harassment include:
a) Off-color jokes or teasing
b) Comments about body parts or sex life
c) Touching – brushes , pats, hugs, shoulder rubs or pinches
d) All of the above
True or False:
1. The Infection Prevention Program involves sanitizing before
inserting foleys, peripheral IV or arterial lines, or other invasive
procedures that don’t involve surgery.
Please match the appropriate lettered response to the Code:
1. An uncontrollable fire has occurred.
2. There is a medical emergency, and a person is in dire need of medical attention.
3. The hospital has deemed that it is safer for people to stay inside the hospital than to exit the building.
4. A unit or area needs assistance in restraining a patient.
5. A hazardous spill or release has occurred in the hospital environment.
6. The Women’s Center has confirmed than an infant is missing.
7. A disaster has occurred that is going to cause an influx of patients in the Emergency Department.
A) Code Triage D) Code Grey G) Code Blue
B) Shelter in Place E) Code Orange
C) Code Red F) Code Pink