Unit Specific Scavenger Hunt

Unit: Date:
1.Please complete the following scavenger hunt on your assigned unit. The purpose of the scavenger hunt is to locate the following items and include a brief description of their location.
  1. Completed scavenger hunt needs to be included and submitted with orientation packet.

√ / Item / LOCATION
Assignment Board/Magnet Identifiers
Falls
Isolation Precautions
DNR
Telemetry
NPO
Bed Alarm
Blanket warmer
Linen
Clean cart-remains covered
Dirty- blue linen bags, linen receptacles / Code
Crash cart
How often is it checked
Who is responsible for checking
Equipment:
  • IV/Feeding Pumps
  • Dressing/Procedure cart
  • Fluid warmer
  • CAPD cart
  • PCA
  • SCD
  • Walkers/wheelchairs
/ Equipment room is for clean equipment only. Equipment should be cleaned at the point of service and returned to equipment room.
Procedure cart must remain locked at all times. Dressing cart does not requiring locking.
One CAPD cart per floor (shared between N/S)
SCD pumps and tubings are cleaned and returned to equipment room, sleeves are disposable
Fire “pull alarms” and Extinguishers
Forms/file cabinet contents/etc
Glucometer
Test strips dated (how long)
Control vials dated (how long)
Disinfecting process (Bleach wipes)
Isolation signs for patient rooms
Airborne
Droplet
Contact
C. Diff
Intravenous Solutions
Lab/Specimen Supplies
Mail files (Personal Mailbox)
MSDS manual / Phone Number:
Nursing Reference for Procedures / Lippincott
Oxygen tanks (Portable)
Full/partial
Empty / Full/Partial tanks must be cleaned prior to returning to equipment room.
Empty tanks are to be placed in dirty utility room identified by sign on door
PAPRs batteries (equipment room)
Charging process
Patient nourishment
Labeling process / dating
How many days can food remain
Physician dictation area
Policy Manuals
Patient Care
Infection Prevention
Personnel / #
#
#
Omnicell/Medication room
Only licensed staff to have access and pharmacy staff
All other staff should be escorted and monitored / Code #
Respiratory supplies
Soiled Utility Room/Biohazard waste room
Supplies: NG tubes, urinary catheters, bedpans, lotion, fluid warmer tubing, etc
Waste containers
  • Biohazard waste
  • Hazardous drug waste (Chemo)
  • Pharmaceutical waste
  • RCRA
/ (contents of each)
Employee Break Room / Code #

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