Patient Safety

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Which organization recognizes patient safety as an endemic concern?

American Medical Association (AMA)
World Health Organization (WHO) (correct)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

According to the text, what percentage of patients worldwide are impacted by healthcare errors?

5%
10% (correct)
20%
15%

What is the significance of the directive 'primum non nocere' in contemporary medicine?

It emphasizes the role of healers in patient safety.
It promotes patient-centered care.
It highlights the need for evidence-based practice.
It emphasizes the importance of medical ethics. (correct)

According to the text, how many preventable deaths occur annually due to medical error in hospitals in the United States?

98,000 (C) Signup and view all the answers

What did the British Royal Society of Medicine and the Harvard Medical School agree to do in 1983?

Share statistics and conduct studies on anesthesia deaths and injuries (B) Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of physicians in the United States are anesthesiologists?

5% (A) Signup and view all the answers

What did the Institute of Medicine (IOM) call for in their 1999 report?

Broad national effort to include establishment of a Center for Patient Safety (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a mode of effective communication in healthcare?

Using appropriate communication technologies (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which strategy is used to ensure that the message sent is received and interpreted by the receiver?

Closed loop communication (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of a healthcare professional in terms of patient safety?

To achieve optimal outcomes for the patient's safety (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between a blame culture and a just culture?

Blame culture focuses on assigning blame, while just culture seeks to understand the root causes of an incident (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of transmission-based precaution?

Standard precautions (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the practice of treating all bodily fluids as if they are infected with HIV, HBV, or other bloodborne pathogens called?

Universal precautions (A) Signup and view all the answers

What are the common practices that transmission-based precautions build on?

Hand hygiene and respiratory hygiene (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a mode of transmission of infectious agents according to the text?

Direct and indirect contact transmission (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of transmission-based precautions?

To reduce the potential for transmission (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which category of transmission-based precautions is intended to prevent transmission of infectious agents spread by direct or indirect contact with the patient or the patient's environment?

Contact precautions (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which pathogens are implicated in transmission through environmental contamination and require droplet precautions?

VRE, C. difficile, and noroviruses (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which pathogens require airborne precautions due to their ability to remain infectious over long distances in the air?

Rubeola virus, varicella virus, M. tuberculosis, and SARS-CoV (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the preferred placement for patients who require airborne precautions?

An airborne infection isolation room (AIIR) (B) Signup and view all the answers

What are the design criteria for HVAC systems in airborne infection isolation rooms (AIIRs)?

Maintain room temperature around 70F to 75F, relative humidity (rh) minimum of 30% during winters and maximum of 60% during summers, airflow of 12 ach total/ 2 ach OA (Outdoor Air), and negative pressure relative to adjacent spaces (B) Signup and view all the answers