Preventing Medical Errors Assessment – PSA
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1. A medication error is:
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2. In regard to root cause analysis (RCA), it is true that:
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3. A near miss (close call) is a sentinel event that has been thwarted as the result of good back or the highly astute insight of a healthcare provider who acted to prevent it.
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4. The key to reducing medical errors is to focus on improving the systems and not to blame individuals.
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5. According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as many as 100,000 people in the U.S. die from preventable medical injuries.
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6. The education of the healthcare consuming public is essential to the prevention of medical errors
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7. Recommendations from IOM committee include:
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8. Adverse events include:
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9. About sentinel events, it is true:
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10. The most frequently occurring sentinel events reported to Joint Commission are:
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11. At least one corrective action plan must be implemented for each and every contributory root cause analysis.
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12. The primary reason that medical errors must be prevented is because they:
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13. According to Joint Commission, a medical error is:
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14. A root cause analysis is considered credible by JCAHO when:
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15. The following groups are at risk for medical errors:
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