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JCAHO & Patient Safety Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
Our healthcare culture and climate
support candid reporting and discussion of ____________. - Answer✔mistakes
errors - Answer✔* Errors happen everyday
* Not every error results in harm
* Consequences of some errors are dire
* Many sources of errors
sources of errors - Answer✔allergies
medication error
not documenting on time
name alert
cost of measurable medical errors (2008) - Answer✔$19.5 billion
Of ________ in costs associated with medical injuries, ______ were avoidable medical errors. -
Answer✔$80 billion
25%
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Reports served as catalysts for change: - Answer✔* To Err is
Human
* Crossing the Quality Chasm
* Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses
Who is the Joint Commission? - Answer✔* independent, not-for-profit organization
* accredits and certifies more than 18,000 U.S. health care organizations and programs
* recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality
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* reflects an organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards
Hospitals are surveyed every ______ years. - Answer✔3
loss of accreditation = - Answer✔loss of funding
the mission of the Joint Commission - Answer✔To continuously improve health care for the
public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and
inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value
We have ______________ that are used to compare one to another. - Answer✔core
measurements
sentinel event - Answer✔an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or
psychological injury, or the risk thereof
National Patient Safety Goals - Answer✔* Annually Joint Commission establishes a list of
national patient safety goals
* Panel of interdisciplinary patient safety experts - Sentinel Event Advisory Group
* Annual systematic literature/database review
* Input from practitioners, provider organizations, purchasers, consumers
* New goals may be established, old goals retired if appropriate
purpose of national patient safety goals - Answer✔to improve patient safety
National patient safety goals focus on... - Answer✔problems in health care safety and how to
solve them
Hospital National Patient Safety Goals - Answer✔* Identify patients correctly
* Improve staff communication
*Use medicines safely
* Prevent infection
* Identify patient safety risks
* Prevent mistakes in surgery (Prevent surgical errors - universal protocol for prevention of
wrong‐site, wrong‐person, wrong‐procedure surgery)
New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - Answer✔Catheter‐Associated Urinary Tract Infection
(CAUTI)
* most frequent type of health care‐acquired infection (HAI)
* Represents 80 % of HAIs in hospitals
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JCAHO & Patient Safety Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
Our healthcare culture and climate
support candid reporting and discussion of ____________. - Answer✔mistakes
errors - Answer✔* Errors happen everyday
* Not every error results in harm
* Consequences of some errors are dire
* Many sources of errors
sources of errors - Answer✔allergies
medication error
not documenting on time
name alert
cost of measurable medical errors (2008) - Answer✔$19.5 billion
Of ________ in costs associated with medical injuries, ______ were avoidable medical errors. -
Answer✔$80 billion
25%
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Reports served as catalysts for change: - Answer✔* To Err is
Human
* Crossing the Quality Chasm
* Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses
Who is the Joint Commission? - Answer✔* independent, not-for-profit organization
* accredits and certifies more than 18,000 U.S. health care organizations and programs
* recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality
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, ©BRIGHSTARS 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
* reflects an organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards
Hospitals are surveyed every ______ years. - Answer✔3
loss of accreditation = - Answer✔loss of funding
the mission of the Joint Commission - Answer✔To continuously improve health care for the
public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and
inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value
We have ______________ that are used to compare one to another. - Answer✔core
measurements
sentinel event - Answer✔an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or
psychological injury, or the risk thereof
National Patient Safety Goals - Answer✔* Annually Joint Commission establishes a list of
national patient safety goals
* Panel of interdisciplinary patient safety experts - Sentinel Event Advisory Group
* Annual systematic literature/database review
* Input from practitioners, provider organizations, purchasers, consumers
* New goals may be established, old goals retired if appropriate
purpose of national patient safety goals - Answer✔to improve patient safety
National patient safety goals focus on... - Answer✔problems in health care safety and how to
solve them
Hospital National Patient Safety Goals - Answer✔* Identify patients correctly
* Improve staff communication
*Use medicines safely
* Prevent infection
* Identify patient safety risks
* Prevent mistakes in surgery (Prevent surgical errors - universal protocol for prevention of
wrong‐site, wrong‐person, wrong‐procedure surgery)
New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - Answer✔Catheter‐Associated Urinary Tract Infection
(CAUTI)
* most frequent type of health care‐acquired infection (HAI)
* Represents 80 % of HAIs in hospitals
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