2025 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals Questions And Answers

2025 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals Questions An
Answers
1. Identify patients correctly:: Use at least two ways to identify patients in order to en
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sure that each pt receives correct meds and treatment. (Name and DOB).
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2. Improve staff communication:: Get important test results to the right staff pe
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rson on time. x x


3. Use meds safely:: Before procedures, label meds that are not labeled. Do this in the
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area where meds and supplies are set up.
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Take extra care with pt who take blood thinners.
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Record and pass along correct info about pt meds. Find out what meds pt is taking vs.
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new meds being given. Give pt written info about meds they need to take. Educate pt on b
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ringing up-to-date med list to every dr. visit.
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4. Use alarms safely:: Make improvements to ensure that alarms on medical equip-
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xment are heard and responded to on time.
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5. Prevent infection:: use the hand cleaning guidelines from the centers for disease co
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ntrol and prevention or the world health organization. Set goals for improving hand clean
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ing.
6. Identify pt safety risks:: reduce the risk for suicide. x x x x x x x x


7. Improve health care equity: Improving health care equity is a quality and patient saf
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ety priority.
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EX: health care disparities in the pt population are identified and a written plan describe
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ways to improve health care equity.
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8. Prevent mistakes in surgery:: Make sure that the correct surgery is done on the cor
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rect pt and at the correct place on the pt's body.
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Mark the correct place on the pt's body where the surgery is to be done. Pause be
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fore the surgery to make sure that a mistake isnt being made.
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