NAB NHA LINE SERVICE CORE MAIN QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 1999 - ✔✔A law enacted in 2000 requiring
employers to identify, evaluate, and introduce safer medical devices to avoid
needlesticks.
✔✔Minimum width of a corridor where an alcohol-based hand rub dispenser - ✔✔6 feet
✔✔Length of telephone cords must be at least ____ long. - ✔✔29"
✔✔Water from the spout of a water fountain must be at least ____ to allow a glass to be
filled. - ✔✔4"
✔✔Alcohol-based hand rub dispenser cannot be within ___ of ignition source (such as
an outlet). - ✔✔1 inch
✔✔Minimum between dining room table legs - ✔✔30"
✔✔Handicapped parking space must be ____ feet, with additional ____ feet for aisle. -
✔✔8 feet, 5 feet
✔✔ANSI requires that all ramps and stairs have handrails measuring_______-_______
inches from the ramp or stair tread and extending ___ beyond the top and bottom of the
stairs. - ✔✔30" - 34", and 12"
✔✔ANSI - ✔✔American National Standards Institute: A private, non-profit organization
that coordinates the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in the
United States.
, ✔✔SMDA - ✔✔Safe Medical Devices Act, medical facilities have to report to the FDA
any medical devices that has caused death or injury of a patient or employee
✔✔K-Tag - ✔✔Deficiency in meeting the life safety codes is found during a survey
✔✔SDS - ✔✔Safety data sheets- provides info on chemicals or material
Includes odor, signs and symptoms of exposure, first aide
✔✔CASPER - ✔✔Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reporting
- CASPER 3 = Compliance History
- CASPER 4 = Demographic Data
✔✔QCI - ✔✔Quality Care Indicators, used to assess a facility's delivery of services
✔✔OIG - ✔✔Office of Inspector General in DHHS. Monitors compliance with
reimbursement laws & regulations
✔✔QA - ✔✔Quality Assurance, identifies problem areas and establish procedures to
correct them
✔✔Quality Assessment Assurance Committee - ✔✔Physician, DON, and 3 other
members. Meet quarterly.
✔✔ASPEN - ✔✔Automated Survey Processing Environment program
✔✔QIES - ✔✔Quality Improvement Evaluation System, coordinates activities and data
base functions as a resource for providers and researchers
✔✔NHQI - ✔✔Nursing Home Quality Initiative, Aims to provide information on the
nursing home compare website and provides resources to improve quality of care
✔✔CQI - ✔✔Continuous Quality Improvement, an approach to quality management that
builds upon traditional quality assurance methods by emphasizing the organization and
systems : it focuses on "process" rather than the individual; it recognizes both internal
and external "customers"; it promotes the need for objective data to analyze and
improve processes.
✔✔Laissez-faire - ✔✔a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without
interfering.
✔✔OSHA 300 - ✔✔Yearly Log of work-related injuries and illnesses
✔✔Average Cost Method - ✔✔Inventory method that divides by total number of units
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 1999 - ✔✔A law enacted in 2000 requiring
employers to identify, evaluate, and introduce safer medical devices to avoid
needlesticks.
✔✔Minimum width of a corridor where an alcohol-based hand rub dispenser - ✔✔6 feet
✔✔Length of telephone cords must be at least ____ long. - ✔✔29"
✔✔Water from the spout of a water fountain must be at least ____ to allow a glass to be
filled. - ✔✔4"
✔✔Alcohol-based hand rub dispenser cannot be within ___ of ignition source (such as
an outlet). - ✔✔1 inch
✔✔Minimum between dining room table legs - ✔✔30"
✔✔Handicapped parking space must be ____ feet, with additional ____ feet for aisle. -
✔✔8 feet, 5 feet
✔✔ANSI requires that all ramps and stairs have handrails measuring_______-_______
inches from the ramp or stair tread and extending ___ beyond the top and bottom of the
stairs. - ✔✔30" - 34", and 12"
✔✔ANSI - ✔✔American National Standards Institute: A private, non-profit organization
that coordinates the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in the
United States.
, ✔✔SMDA - ✔✔Safe Medical Devices Act, medical facilities have to report to the FDA
any medical devices that has caused death or injury of a patient or employee
✔✔K-Tag - ✔✔Deficiency in meeting the life safety codes is found during a survey
✔✔SDS - ✔✔Safety data sheets- provides info on chemicals or material
Includes odor, signs and symptoms of exposure, first aide
✔✔CASPER - ✔✔Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reporting
- CASPER 3 = Compliance History
- CASPER 4 = Demographic Data
✔✔QCI - ✔✔Quality Care Indicators, used to assess a facility's delivery of services
✔✔OIG - ✔✔Office of Inspector General in DHHS. Monitors compliance with
reimbursement laws & regulations
✔✔QA - ✔✔Quality Assurance, identifies problem areas and establish procedures to
correct them
✔✔Quality Assessment Assurance Committee - ✔✔Physician, DON, and 3 other
members. Meet quarterly.
✔✔ASPEN - ✔✔Automated Survey Processing Environment program
✔✔QIES - ✔✔Quality Improvement Evaluation System, coordinates activities and data
base functions as a resource for providers and researchers
✔✔NHQI - ✔✔Nursing Home Quality Initiative, Aims to provide information on the
nursing home compare website and provides resources to improve quality of care
✔✔CQI - ✔✔Continuous Quality Improvement, an approach to quality management that
builds upon traditional quality assurance methods by emphasizing the organization and
systems : it focuses on "process" rather than the individual; it recognizes both internal
and external "customers"; it promotes the need for objective data to analyze and
improve processes.
✔✔Laissez-faire - ✔✔a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without
interfering.
✔✔OSHA 300 - ✔✔Yearly Log of work-related injuries and illnesses
✔✔Average Cost Method - ✔✔Inventory method that divides by total number of units
