Patient Safety in Healthcare Quiz
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What is the goal of safety in health care?

  • Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers (correct)
  • Maximize profits
  • Increase the number of patients
  • Reduce workload
  • What is one example of an effective strategy to reduce reliance on memory?

  • Standardization/reliability
  • Checklists (correct)
  • Automated alerts/alarms
  • Barcodes
  • What is one way to value own role in preventing errors?

  • Use organizational error reporting systems for near miss and error reporting (correct)
  • Engage in root cause analysis
  • Discuss potential and actual impact of national patient safety resources, initiatives and regulations
  • Value vigilance and monitoring
  • Study Notes

    • The goal of safety in health care is to minimize risk of harm to patients and providers.
    • There are many ways to achieve this, including through system effectiveness and individual performance.
    • Some common safety-enhancing technologies include barcodes, Computer Provider Order Entry, medication pumps, and automatic alerts/alarms.
    • Effective strategies to reduce reliance on memory include forcing functions, checklists, and standardization/reliability.
    • Value the contributions of standardization/reliability to safety.
    • Communicate observations or concerns related to hazards and errors to patients, families, and the health care team.
    • Use organizational error reporting systems for near miss and error reporting.
    • Value own role in preventing errors.
    • Engage in root cause analysis rather than blaming when errors or near misses occur.
    • Value vigilance and monitoring (even of own performance of care activities) by patients, families, and other members of the health care team.
    • Discuss potential and actual impact of national patient safety resources, initiatives and regulations.
    • Use national patient safety resources for own professional development and to focus attention on safety in care settings.

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    Test your knowledge about patient safety in healthcare with this quiz. Explore concepts such as safety-enhancing technologies, strategies to reduce reliance on memory, error reporting systems, root cause analysis, and the impact of national patient safety resources and regulations.

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