Accreditation Oct 17-21, 2022: Do you know your stuff?

Accreditation is just around the corner on October 17 – 21, 2022!

What does that mean for you?

Surveyors will tour Menno Home & Menno Hospital and test compliance for over 200 standards including the Required Organization Practices (ROPs) listed below. They’ll be talking and listening to team members (like you!), families, residents, volunteers, and other partners. They’ll also be observing what is taking place as they tour the sites and reviewing resident health records.

Don’t forget to…

  • Showcase the great work of your team. How are you continuously striving to create meaningful and purposeful experiences with residents and families while providing safe, quality care? Prepare some examples.

Will you BEE prepared if surveyors speak to you? Let’s review!

Safety Culture

Within the safety quality dimension there are 4 ROPs that must be met to successfully complete Accreditation:

ROP 1: Accountability for Quality
ROP 2: Workplace Violence Prevention Program
ROP 3: Client Safety Incident Disclosure
ROP 4: Resident Safety Incident Management System

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Resident Safety

Within the resident safety quality dimension there is 1 ROP that must be met to successfully complete Accreditation:

ROP 1: Resident Safety Plan

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Infection Prevention & Control

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) covers hand hygiene education & training, compliance with accepted practices, and infection rate tracking and analyzing. Within the IPC there are 3 ROPs that must be met to successfully complete Accreditation:

ROP 1: HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE
ROP 2: HAND HYGIENE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ROP 3: INFECTION RATES ARE TRACKED AND ANALYZED

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Medication Management

Medication Management covers organizational safety practices related to medication management. Within Medication Management there are 5 ROPs that must be met to successfully complete Accreditation:

ROP 1: THE “DO NOT USE” LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ROP 2: HIGH ALERT MEDICATIONS
ROP 3: HEPARIN SAFETY AND MEDICATION CONCENTRATIONS
ROP 4: NARCOTICS SAFETY
ROP 5: MEDICATION RECONCILIATIONS ACROSS CARE TRANSITIONS

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Resident Care Experience
Part 1: Delivering Safe & Reliable Care

Delivering Safe and Reliable Care is a subsection under Resident Care Experience as one of the Accreditation Themes. It focuses on ensuring our residents’ needs are met by providing safe and reliable individualized care. The Resident Care Experience theme includes 7 ROPs that must be met to successfully complete Accreditation. Here are the first 4:

ROP 1: Falls Prevention Strategy
ROP 2: Skin and Wound Care
ROP 3: Pressure Ulcer Prevention
ROP 4: Suicide Prevention

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Resident Care Experience
Part 2: Delivering Safe & Reliable Care

Here are the remaining 3 ROPs:

ROP 5: Resident Identification
ROP 6: Information Transfer at Care Transitions (transfer in and out of care home)
ROP 7: Infusion Pump Safety

Click to Review Part 2: Delivering Safe & Reliable Care

 

Thank you for your support in making this Accreditation Survey another successful one!