CCHP MH REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Deadline for an initial mental health screening for a new admission? - ✔✔14 days
✔✔Table top exercises - ✔✔Discussion about health staff's projected response to
emergencies
✔✔Examples of special needs inmates - ✔✔Chronically ill, on dialysis, adolescents in
adult facilities, have communicable diseases, physically disabled, pregnant, frail/elderly,
terminally ill, mentally ill or suicidal, developmentally disabled, suspected victims of
physical or sexual abuse
✔✔Clinical encounters - ✔✔Interactions between patients and health care professionals
that involve a treatment and/or exchange of confidential information
✔✔Death procedures - ✔✔All deaths are reviewed within 30 days, consists of
administrative review, clinical mortality review, and psychological autopsy if suicide,
treating staff are informed of review and findings, all aspects of the standard are
addressed by written policy and defined procedures
✔✔Administrative review (death procedure) - ✔✔Assessment of correctional and
emergency response actions surrounding a death
✔✔Clinical mortality review - ✔✔Assessment of clinical care provided and the
circumstances leading up to a death. May be conducted by a physician not involved in
the inmate's care. Results should be shared with the unit health staff involved.
✔✔Psychological autopsy - ✔✔Written reconstruction of an individual's life with an
emphasis on factors that led up to and may have contributed to the death. Usually
conducted by a psychologist or other QMHP
✔✔Grievance - ✔✔Address inmate complaints about health services
, ✔✔Exposure Control Plan - ✔✔Approved by responsible physician, reviewed and
updated annually. Medical equipment is decontaminated, sharps and biohazard waste
is disposed of property, surveillance to detect serious infection and communicable
disease, immunizations, affected patients receive indicated care, medical isolation if
necessary
✔✔Ectoparasite control - ✔✔Procedures to treat infected inmates and to disinfect
bedding and clothing; Screening generally occurs at admission
✔✔Adverse Clinical Event - ✔✔Injury or death caused by medical management rather
than by the patient's disease or condition; Example is giving the wrong medication to a
patient during med pass
✔✔Near Miss Clinical Event - ✔✔Error in clinical activity without a consequential
adverse patient outcome; Example, a wrong drug is dispensed but not administered to a
patient
✔✔Patient Safety Systems - ✔✔Practice interventions designed to prevent adverse or
near miss clinical events. Example: photo ID during med pass
✔✔Retrospective approach to identify what happened during an adverse event -
✔✔Root Cause Analysis
✔✔Preserving physical evidence (sexual abuse) - ✔✔Evidence is not contaminated or
destroyed. Does not mean collecting or handling physical evidence.
✔✔PREA Victim - ✔✔Referred to community facility for treatment, or treated in house.
History taken by QHCP, examined, prophylactic treatment offered, evaluation by a
QMHP, report made to correctional authorities for housing assignment considerations
✔✔Verification of credentials for new hires - ✔✔Inquiry regarding sanctions and
disciplinary actions of state boards, employers, and the National Practitioner Data Bank
✔✔Clinical performance enhancement - ✔✔Evaluates the appropriateness of services
delivered by all direct patient care clinicians, RNs, and LPNs. Done at least annually,
kept confidential. Peer review.
✔✔Professional Development - ✔✔At least 12 hours (or license requirements) annually,
CPR certified
✔✔Mediation Administration Training - ✔✔Matters of security, accountability, common
side effects, documentation. Hoarding, selling, overdoses, adherence to therapeutic
regimens.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Deadline for an initial mental health screening for a new admission? - ✔✔14 days
✔✔Table top exercises - ✔✔Discussion about health staff's projected response to
emergencies
✔✔Examples of special needs inmates - ✔✔Chronically ill, on dialysis, adolescents in
adult facilities, have communicable diseases, physically disabled, pregnant, frail/elderly,
terminally ill, mentally ill or suicidal, developmentally disabled, suspected victims of
physical or sexual abuse
✔✔Clinical encounters - ✔✔Interactions between patients and health care professionals
that involve a treatment and/or exchange of confidential information
✔✔Death procedures - ✔✔All deaths are reviewed within 30 days, consists of
administrative review, clinical mortality review, and psychological autopsy if suicide,
treating staff are informed of review and findings, all aspects of the standard are
addressed by written policy and defined procedures
✔✔Administrative review (death procedure) - ✔✔Assessment of correctional and
emergency response actions surrounding a death
✔✔Clinical mortality review - ✔✔Assessment of clinical care provided and the
circumstances leading up to a death. May be conducted by a physician not involved in
the inmate's care. Results should be shared with the unit health staff involved.
✔✔Psychological autopsy - ✔✔Written reconstruction of an individual's life with an
emphasis on factors that led up to and may have contributed to the death. Usually
conducted by a psychologist or other QMHP
✔✔Grievance - ✔✔Address inmate complaints about health services
, ✔✔Exposure Control Plan - ✔✔Approved by responsible physician, reviewed and
updated annually. Medical equipment is decontaminated, sharps and biohazard waste
is disposed of property, surveillance to detect serious infection and communicable
disease, immunizations, affected patients receive indicated care, medical isolation if
necessary
✔✔Ectoparasite control - ✔✔Procedures to treat infected inmates and to disinfect
bedding and clothing; Screening generally occurs at admission
✔✔Adverse Clinical Event - ✔✔Injury or death caused by medical management rather
than by the patient's disease or condition; Example is giving the wrong medication to a
patient during med pass
✔✔Near Miss Clinical Event - ✔✔Error in clinical activity without a consequential
adverse patient outcome; Example, a wrong drug is dispensed but not administered to a
patient
✔✔Patient Safety Systems - ✔✔Practice interventions designed to prevent adverse or
near miss clinical events. Example: photo ID during med pass
✔✔Retrospective approach to identify what happened during an adverse event -
✔✔Root Cause Analysis
✔✔Preserving physical evidence (sexual abuse) - ✔✔Evidence is not contaminated or
destroyed. Does not mean collecting or handling physical evidence.
✔✔PREA Victim - ✔✔Referred to community facility for treatment, or treated in house.
History taken by QHCP, examined, prophylactic treatment offered, evaluation by a
QMHP, report made to correctional authorities for housing assignment considerations
✔✔Verification of credentials for new hires - ✔✔Inquiry regarding sanctions and
disciplinary actions of state boards, employers, and the National Practitioner Data Bank
✔✔Clinical performance enhancement - ✔✔Evaluates the appropriateness of services
delivered by all direct patient care clinicians, RNs, and LPNs. Done at least annually,
kept confidential. Peer review.
✔✔Professional Development - ✔✔At least 12 hours (or license requirements) annually,
CPR certified
✔✔Mediation Administration Training - ✔✔Matters of security, accountability, common
side effects, documentation. Hoarding, selling, overdoses, adherence to therapeutic
regimens.
