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Basic Infection Control and Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settings (October 2011)... 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires a fire prevention plan for the protection of employees. The Code of Federal Regulations under 1910.39 lists the minimum requirements for such a prevention plan. It is required for all general industry workplaces except for mobile stations such as vessels and vehicles. All OSHA state-plan states must cover government and municipal employees. There may also be state law in a federal-plan state that adopts these regulations for public workers or develops its own standards. Regardless, it is a best management practice for any facility to incorporate these minimum requirements. 

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Some regulations require that a facility conduct a risk assessment and/or other preparatory activities. RCRA calls it a preparedness and prevention plan. A facility subject to RCRA must determine how structures, processes, and operations can be changed in order to minimize the possibility of an emergency involving hazardous waste. The facility also has to determine the communications and alarm systems that will be used in the event of such an emergency. CWA includes prevention in its requirements for the Spill Prevention, Containment, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan. The 1990 amendments to the CAA added an accident prevention plan for extremely hazardous substances. 

Develop a written Fire Prevention Plan for regular and after-hours work conditions. 

An employer with 20 employees, and 5 facilities with 10 or less employees, at any of the facilities, may orally communicate his employee emergency or fire prevention plan to his employees when no more than 10 employees congregate in one facility. If more than 10 employees congregate in one facility but not in the other four, the employer is required to have a written employee emergency or fire prevention plan for that one facility. For the other form facilities with less than 10 employees, the employer may orally communicate the employee emergency or fire prevention plan. 

Institutional hai iiers. In an organization without a strong infrastructure to support pollution-prevention plans, waste-reduction programs will be difficult to implement. Similarly, if there is no mechanism in place to hold individuals accountable for their actions, the successful implementation of a pollution-prevention program will be limited. 

The standard refers to total planned preventive maintenance for which there is no definition in ISO/TS 16949. There is also a requirement for the system to include predictive maintenance. 

This is probably one of the most powerful requirements in the standard, much underused in ISO 9000 quality systems. If you examine the words closely you will find that it can be applied to any situation where measures can be taken to prevent problems. A common weakness in many organizations is the absence of planning. Planning is a preventive action. We plan to achieve an objective which we would fail to meet if we didn t make adequate provision for the resources and activities needed to meet our objective. Therefore, although the standard does not require plans for every activity, if preparation is necessary before an activity can take place and such preparation has not been accom-... 

While preventive maintenance is concerned with regularly testing, and reconditioning equipment to prevent failures in service and premature deterioration, it follows that predictive maintenance procedures are concerned with the ability to predict when the equipment will fail and then developing schedules to implement timely repairs. Predictive maintenance does not imply that with the use of these techniques, failure modes in equipment can be prevented rather, it suggests that the occurrence of failure can be predicted and thus planned for. An appropriate example would be the inspection and change of a major compressor face-type oil seal where random heat checking (FM) has been observed over the years. 

Fabricators/manufacturers do not plan for their products to fail or to cause harm to people. But if an incident should occur that results in serious injury or death, the problem must be investigated immediately to prevent... 

Ms. Jackson, age 56years, is hospitalized with a venous thrombosis. The primary health care provider orders SC heparin. In developing a care plan for Ms. Jiekson, discuss the nursing interventions that would be most important to prevent complications while administering heparin. Provide a rationale for each intervention. 

Devise a pharmacotherapy and risk-factor modification treatment plan for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease events in a patient following myocardial infarction. 

Develop an appropriate therapeutic plan for outpatient management of a patient with ischemic stroke, including an appropriate agent to prevent stroke recurrence. 

Develop a plan for the long-term management of risk factors in order to prevent a recurrent stroke. 

Make a plan for analgesia, in conjunction with a pain management service if possible, to control and prevent pain. Recommend an analgesic with ease of dosing and minimal side effects, realizing that patients with chronic pancreatitis may require large doses of opioids. 

Develop a monitoring plan for drug side effects. Include measures to prevent side effects as well as management if they occur. Include appropriate laboratory measures. 

Based on the information obtained, develop a treatment plan for this patient. The plan should include the goals of therapy, nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options, follow-up instructions, and prevention education. 

Based on this patient s information, create a care plan for the management of his IE. Be sure to include (1) a statement regarding treatment requirements and/or possible problems, (2) goals of therapy, (3) a patient-specific plan, including preventive plans, and (4) a follow- up plan to assess whether the goals have been met and to determine whether the patient experienced any adverse effects. 

Develop a plan for preventing and treating nausea and vomiting in patients receiving emetogenic chemotherapy. 

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