Relias Preventing Medical Errors (florida)
A clinician seeks opposing evidence to challenge a hypothesis. What type of cognitive bias
is the clinician avoiding? - ANS-confirmation bias
\In Florida, each facility's risk management program must include an incident reporting
system to report medical errors to their risk manager or designee within how many business
days after the occurrence? - ANS-3 days
\Licensed facilities in Florida are required to submit code 15 reports to the AHCA using the
Adverse Incident Reporting System within how many days of a medical event? - ANS-15
days
\To prevent a surgical error, when should a timeout be performed? - ANS-immediately before
a surgery begins
\True or False: The Joint Commission requires all accredited healthcare organizations to
perform a root cause analysis after a sentinel event. - ANS-true
\What does SBAR stand for when used as a technique for preventing communication errors?
- ANS-situation-background-assessment-recommendation
\What is the MOST ENCOMPASSING way that cognitive bias contributes to medical errors -
ANS-they distort judgment and decision-making
\What type of error is labeling a specimen with the wrong patient's name? - ANS-error of
commission
\Which of the following behavior choices describes an inadvertent mistake? - ANS-human
error
\Which of the following BEST describes medical errors? - ANS-the error occurred because
something wrong was done
\Which of the following cognitive biases describes the tendency to avoid making a rare
diagnosis even though it appears to be most likely? - ANS-zebra retreat
\Which of the following is a characteristic of high-reliability organizations? - ANS-use
standardized systems to prevent medical errors
\Which of the following is a technique for preventing bias? - ANS-use a checklist
\Which of the following is consistently the most frequent sentinel event that precedes an
adverse outcome? - ANS-falls
\Which of the following measurements uses proper abbreviation to prevent documentation
errors? - ANS-0.5 mL
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A clinician seeks opposing evidence to challenge a hypothesis. What type of cognitive bias
is the clinician avoiding? - ANS-confirmation bias
\In Florida, each facility's risk management program must include an incident reporting
system to report medical errors to their risk manager or designee within how many business
days after the occurrence? - ANS-3 days
\Licensed facilities in Florida are required to submit code 15 reports to the AHCA using the
Adverse Incident Reporting System within how many days of a medical event? - ANS-15
days
\To prevent a surgical error, when should a timeout be performed? - ANS-immediately before
a surgery begins
\True or False: The Joint Commission requires all accredited healthcare organizations to
perform a root cause analysis after a sentinel event. - ANS-true
\What does SBAR stand for when used as a technique for preventing communication errors?
- ANS-situation-background-assessment-recommendation
\What is the MOST ENCOMPASSING way that cognitive bias contributes to medical errors -
ANS-they distort judgment and decision-making
\What type of error is labeling a specimen with the wrong patient's name? - ANS-error of
commission
\Which of the following behavior choices describes an inadvertent mistake? - ANS-human
error
\Which of the following BEST describes medical errors? - ANS-the error occurred because
something wrong was done
\Which of the following cognitive biases describes the tendency to avoid making a rare
diagnosis even though it appears to be most likely? - ANS-zebra retreat
\Which of the following is a characteristic of high-reliability organizations? - ANS-use
standardized systems to prevent medical errors
\Which of the following is a technique for preventing bias? - ANS-use a checklist
\Which of the following is consistently the most frequent sentinel event that precedes an
adverse outcome? - ANS-falls
\Which of the following measurements uses proper abbreviation to prevent documentation
errors? - ANS-0.5 mL
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