2025 - Echelon Exam Prevention of Medical Errors
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When giving medications always check the patient, the drug, the dose, the route, and
the
Doctor
Temperature
Last eating episode
Time - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Time
To support the goal for patients to be actively involved in their own care, The Joint
Commission requested caregivers in Critical Access Hospitals to
Encourage patients and their families to report safety concerns
Ask patients to give them a list of all their medications
Educate the staff on oxygen hazards
Have patients mark their bodies to indicate the correct surgical site -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Encourage patients and their families to report safety concerns
Reports of Incidents must be given to the facility's Risk Manager
At the end of every month
Within 3 calendar days
Quarterly
At the end of every day - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Within 3 days
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 - ✔✔ANSW✔✔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 -
✔✔ANSW✔✔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
Process analysis - ✔✔ANSW✔✔root cause
Which of the following would NOT be helpful for removing human factor errors?
Maintaining a well-lighted, quiet working environment
Decreasing the use of technology
Rewarding those who see and report system flaws
Studying how people think and behave in many systems - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Decreasing the
use of technology
Which of the following are goals of the Patient Safety Program? (Select three.)
Prevent injuries to patients/clients
Educate staff to watch, listen, ask, act, and report
Catch and correct errors before they reach the patient/client
Staff to report those errors that could cause harm - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Prevent injuries to
patients/clients
Educate staff to watch, listen, ask, act, and report
Catch and correct errors before they reach the patient/client
A common risk factor for insulin is
The use of "ins" as an abbreviation
Poor lighting in storage area
Insulin and heparin vials kept in close proximity
Very specific dose check systems - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Insulin and heparin vials kept in close
proximity
Which of the following actions would NOT contribute to a safe environment that
prevents falls?
Moving the call bell away from the patient
Wearing nonskid footwear
Educating patient and family
Providing adequate lighting - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Moving the call bell away from the patient
When people use "new" solutions to new problems it is likely to contribute to a medical
error.
True
False - ✔✔ANSW✔✔false
An event that results in death or serious physical injury is called _____.
A close call
A sentinel event
An adverse event
A near miss - ✔✔ANSW✔✔sentinel event
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Update Assured Satisfaction
When giving medications always check the patient, the drug, the dose, the route, and
the
Doctor
Temperature
Last eating episode
Time - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Time
To support the goal for patients to be actively involved in their own care, The Joint
Commission requested caregivers in Critical Access Hospitals to
Encourage patients and their families to report safety concerns
Ask patients to give them a list of all their medications
Educate the staff on oxygen hazards
Have patients mark their bodies to indicate the correct surgical site -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Encourage patients and their families to report safety concerns
Reports of Incidents must be given to the facility's Risk Manager
At the end of every month
Within 3 calendar days
Quarterly
At the end of every day - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Within 3 days
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 - ✔✔ANSW✔✔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 -
✔✔ANSW✔✔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
Process analysis - ✔✔ANSW✔✔root cause
Which of the following would NOT be helpful for removing human factor errors?
Maintaining a well-lighted, quiet working environment
Decreasing the use of technology
Rewarding those who see and report system flaws
Studying how people think and behave in many systems - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Decreasing the
use of technology
Which of the following are goals of the Patient Safety Program? (Select three.)
Prevent injuries to patients/clients
Educate staff to watch, listen, ask, act, and report
Catch and correct errors before they reach the patient/client
Staff to report those errors that could cause harm - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Prevent injuries to
patients/clients
Educate staff to watch, listen, ask, act, and report
Catch and correct errors before they reach the patient/client
A common risk factor for insulin is
The use of "ins" as an abbreviation
Poor lighting in storage area
Insulin and heparin vials kept in close proximity
Very specific dose check systems - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Insulin and heparin vials kept in close
proximity
Which of the following actions would NOT contribute to a safe environment that
prevents falls?
Moving the call bell away from the patient
Wearing nonskid footwear
Educating patient and family
Providing adequate lighting - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Moving the call bell away from the patient
When people use "new" solutions to new problems it is likely to contribute to a medical
error.
True
False - ✔✔ANSW✔✔false
An event that results in death or serious physical injury is called _____.
A close call
A sentinel event
An adverse event
A near miss - ✔✔ANSW✔✔sentinel event
