CPPS IHI PRACTICE EXAM | NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ |
100% PASS | LATEST 2026/2027 UPDATE.
A hospital's patient safety team is exploring strategies to reduce the
number of patient identification errors in the lab specimen collection
process. Which of the following strategies will provide the highest
impact in reduction of errors?
A. Revise the process to allow only one specimen label on the
nurse/phlebotomist tray at a time.
B. Educate all nurses and phlebotomists to ask about patient identifiers
before obtaining specimen.
C. Utilize barcode scanners to generate a specimen label at the bedside.
D. Standardize the process to require the nurse/phlebotomist to ask the
patient to state their name prior to the specimen collection. - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > C. Utilize barcode scanners to generate a
specimen label at the bedside.
Utilizing bar code scanners is the correct answer because it entails a
forcing function at the bedside. After scanning the armband, the
correct label for that patient will print from the scanner.
Which of the following statements best describes the science of human
factors?
,A. It consists of a set of principles that can be learned during training.
B. It represents the intersection of medicine and engineering.
C. It is applied to address problems by modifying the design of the
system to better aid the people in it.
D. It is about eliminating human error. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C. It
is applied to address problems by modifying the design of the system
to better aid the people in it.
Human factors science can't eliminate errors, but it can be applied to
help modify the design of the system to aid people in performing
better, given their limitations as human beings.
The Risk Priority Number (RPN) is a score that provides the team a way
to identify the highest risk failure modes in descending order. If the
team does not have the resources to address all the identified risks, this
number can be used to filter out failure modes that are acceptable in
the current state.In regard to the other answer options: The RPN does
not determine that an action is not required; that determination comes
from the team evaluating the issue at hand, and, to some degree, may
be decided based on time and resources available. The RPN does not
identify error potential or represent harm that has already occurred; it
identifies the impact of a failure mode if it does occur.
,Your organization utilizes a "home grown" electronic safety event
reporting system that is no longer meeting the needs of the
organization. Hospital administration is asking for your opinion: What
would you do for next steps to identify a replacement system?
A. Ask Information Systems to either fix the old system or build a new
one.
B. Purchase the least expensive software.
C. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state
to ideal state.
D. Poll colleagues and purchase what they use. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > C. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of
current state to ideal state.
Performing a thorough search of available products that meet the
standards for the organization is the primary action you should take.
Once the collated information is obtained, convening a meeting with
the key stakeholders (nursing, medicine, finance, patient safety, legal,
etc.) to determine the organizational needs in relation to the intended
financial impact and return on investment may be required.
Your hospital is considering implementing a robotic surgery program. As
a patient safety professional, you are concerned about the potential for
patient injury associated with this new technology. The most
, appropriate tool or technique for assessing potential risks associated
with implementation of the new technology is:
A. Root cause analysis (RCA)
B. Patient safety leadership WalkRounds
C. Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
D. Meaningful use evaluation - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C. Failure
Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)The best answer is FMEA.
FMEA is a prospective risk reduction strategy; ideally, it is used before a
new technology is implemented to determine how the new technology
might fail and cause harm. Patient safety leadership WalkRounds are
designed to help leaders gather facts about the care environment and
create positive relationships between staff and administration. Root
cause analysis is a retrospective tool; it is used after a harmful event or
near miss to determine what went wrong. Meaningful use evaluation is
for evaluating the success of implementing an electronic health record.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ |
100% PASS | LATEST 2026/2027 UPDATE.
A hospital's patient safety team is exploring strategies to reduce the
number of patient identification errors in the lab specimen collection
process. Which of the following strategies will provide the highest
impact in reduction of errors?
A. Revise the process to allow only one specimen label on the
nurse/phlebotomist tray at a time.
B. Educate all nurses and phlebotomists to ask about patient identifiers
before obtaining specimen.
C. Utilize barcode scanners to generate a specimen label at the bedside.
D. Standardize the process to require the nurse/phlebotomist to ask the
patient to state their name prior to the specimen collection. - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > C. Utilize barcode scanners to generate a
specimen label at the bedside.
Utilizing bar code scanners is the correct answer because it entails a
forcing function at the bedside. After scanning the armband, the
correct label for that patient will print from the scanner.
Which of the following statements best describes the science of human
factors?
,A. It consists of a set of principles that can be learned during training.
B. It represents the intersection of medicine and engineering.
C. It is applied to address problems by modifying the design of the
system to better aid the people in it.
D. It is about eliminating human error. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C. It
is applied to address problems by modifying the design of the system
to better aid the people in it.
Human factors science can't eliminate errors, but it can be applied to
help modify the design of the system to aid people in performing
better, given their limitations as human beings.
The Risk Priority Number (RPN) is a score that provides the team a way
to identify the highest risk failure modes in descending order. If the
team does not have the resources to address all the identified risks, this
number can be used to filter out failure modes that are acceptable in
the current state.In regard to the other answer options: The RPN does
not determine that an action is not required; that determination comes
from the team evaluating the issue at hand, and, to some degree, may
be decided based on time and resources available. The RPN does not
identify error potential or represent harm that has already occurred; it
identifies the impact of a failure mode if it does occur.
,Your organization utilizes a "home grown" electronic safety event
reporting system that is no longer meeting the needs of the
organization. Hospital administration is asking for your opinion: What
would you do for next steps to identify a replacement system?
A. Ask Information Systems to either fix the old system or build a new
one.
B. Purchase the least expensive software.
C. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state
to ideal state.
D. Poll colleagues and purchase what they use. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > C. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of
current state to ideal state.
Performing a thorough search of available products that meet the
standards for the organization is the primary action you should take.
Once the collated information is obtained, convening a meeting with
the key stakeholders (nursing, medicine, finance, patient safety, legal,
etc.) to determine the organizational needs in relation to the intended
financial impact and return on investment may be required.
Your hospital is considering implementing a robotic surgery program. As
a patient safety professional, you are concerned about the potential for
patient injury associated with this new technology. The most
, appropriate tool or technique for assessing potential risks associated
with implementation of the new technology is:
A. Root cause analysis (RCA)
B. Patient safety leadership WalkRounds
C. Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
D. Meaningful use evaluation - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C. Failure
Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)The best answer is FMEA.
FMEA is a prospective risk reduction strategy; ideally, it is used before a
new technology is implemented to determine how the new technology
might fail and cause harm. Patient safety leadership WalkRounds are
designed to help leaders gather facts about the care environment and
create positive relationships between staff and administration. Root
cause analysis is a retrospective tool; it is used after a harmful event or
near miss to determine what went wrong. Meaningful use evaluation is
for evaluating the success of implementing an electronic health record.
