Transcript Document 7831253

POLICY AND PROCEDURE
• Policy – a simple clear statement of what
you should do (what)
• Procedure – a simple clear statement of who
should do what (when, where and how)
AUTHORITY
• This policy is promulgated under the
authority of the COO and the Director of
Infection Control. The Director of Infection
Control is responsible for administering the
policy.
POLICY
• All medical, nursing and laboratory
personnel who identify or suspect a case of
a reportable disease will report such case
promptly to the Louisiana Department of
Health in accordance with the Sanitary
Code of the State of Louisiana.
LAW IS NOT POLICY
• There is a term for disobeying the law as a
matter of policy.
• Who are the two most famous proponents of
this policy?
VIOLATION OF POLICY
• As with all formal policies of this hospital,
violation of this policy is grounds for
progressive discipline.
MALAPROPISM
• Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals by Sheridan
written in 1775
• infectious control nurse (infection)
• assess concerns (address)
• hold this nation hostile (hostage)
NONSENSE
• due to the feasibility of the department
• in the prevention of unlawful duty of care
continues to exist for individuals
• attend to our community in the utmost
fashion
TAKE A STAND
• You should think about considering whether
you perhaps should look into being in the
class room near or at the approximate time
that the professor or other instructor may or
may not present some information that
could possibly be of use to some or all of
you now or in certain circumstances in the
future. – COME TO CLASS!
MODIFIERS
• Sentences require a noun and a verb.
• Think carefully before adding an adjective
or an adverb.
• Do not modify an absolute. I am unique,
not more unique.
• Do not split infinitives.
PRONOUNS
• He and I want the books.
• Give the books to him and me.
• To whom did you give the books? To him?