ECHELON PREVENTION OF MEDICAL ERRORS
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Verbal orders should not be taken for
Heparin
Insulin
Anticoagulants
Chemotherapy. Answer: CHEMO
◉ Which incident has the highest annual death rate?
Aids
Motor vehicle accidents
Medical errors
Breast cancer. Answer: medical error
◉ Systems that rely on error-free performances
Will always succeed
Are doomed to fail
Are highly recommended
Should always be the goal. Answer: doomed to fail
, ◉ in general, which of the following events would NOT be
voluntarily reported to accreditation body?
Unintentionally retained foreign body with no permanent loss of
function
Any procedure on the wrong side of the body
Any procedure on the wrong organ
Any procedure on the wrong patient. Answer: Unintentionally
retained foreign body with no permanent loss of function
◉ One risk reduction strategy concerning look-alike, sound-alike
drug names is
Storing problem medications alphabetically by name
Writing purpose of drug on prescription
Storing all problem medications in the same place so you can
identify them easily
Providing or asking only for the brand name of the drug consistent.
Answer: Writing purpose of drug on prescription
◉ A tool for analyzing errors after an event has occurred is called
Root cause analysis
Failure mode and effects analysis
Hazard analysis
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Verbal orders should not be taken for
Heparin
Insulin
Anticoagulants
Chemotherapy. Answer: CHEMO
◉ Which incident has the highest annual death rate?
Aids
Motor vehicle accidents
Medical errors
Breast cancer. Answer: medical error
◉ Systems that rely on error-free performances
Will always succeed
Are doomed to fail
Are highly recommended
Should always be the goal. Answer: doomed to fail
, ◉ in general, which of the following events would NOT be
voluntarily reported to accreditation body?
Unintentionally retained foreign body with no permanent loss of
function
Any procedure on the wrong side of the body
Any procedure on the wrong organ
Any procedure on the wrong patient. Answer: Unintentionally
retained foreign body with no permanent loss of function
◉ One risk reduction strategy concerning look-alike, sound-alike
drug names is
Storing problem medications alphabetically by name
Writing purpose of drug on prescription
Storing all problem medications in the same place so you can
identify them easily
Providing or asking only for the brand name of the drug consistent.
Answer: Writing purpose of drug on prescription
◉ A tool for analyzing errors after an event has occurred is called
Root cause analysis
Failure mode and effects analysis
Hazard analysis
