Clinical Dental Hygiene IV Final Exam with Correct
answers
What is a focused review of systems and processes to identify the basic or contributing factors
that cause adverse events? - ✔✔Root cause analysis
What is used for analyzing adverse events, correcting faulty systems and procedures, and thereby
preventing errors and near misses? - ✔✔Root cause analysis
Goal of root cause analysis determines what? - ✔✔1. What happened 2. Why it happened 3.
What can be done to prevent it from happening again
True or false: The purpose of root cause analysis is to figure out why it happened and to point
out who is at fault. - ✔✔False (no pointing fingers)
What are the 5 aspects of practice for vast majority of dental errors? - ✔✔Communication,
record keeping, clinical competence, impairment, litigious society (sue happy)
What is a vital element in reducing dental errors? - ✔✔Communication
Written records should contain what 4 elements of information? - ✔✔Patient history, exam
results, test results, and radiographs
How long should a patient's records be kept? - ✔✔4 years
Most dental errors involved in litigation have two common causes, what are they? - ✔✔Record
keeping and competence
What is a necessary minimum condition for competence? - ✔✔CE
What is an injury or illness caused by medical care that results in a measurable disability? -
✔✔Adverse event
What is an event or a situation that did not produce patient harm, but only because of intervening
factors (a close call)? - ✔✔Near miss
What is failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to
achieve an aim? - ✔✔Medical error
What is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury? -
✔✔Sentinel event
, What is a medical term referring to a mathematical formula used to calculate the proper dosage
of medicine for children aged 2-17? - ✔✔Clark's rule
What is the right to make decisions for one's self? - ✔✔Autonomy
The 6 steps of ethical decision making are:
1. Identify the _______
2. Gather the ______
3. List the _______
4. Select the ____ ___ _____
5. ____ on the decision
6.______ the action. - ✔✔Problem, facts, alternatives, course of action, act, evaluate
When listing the alternatives during decision making, alternative should do the least amount of
_____. - ✔✔Harm
What are 5 principles in ethical decision making? - ✔✔Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence,
veracity, and justice
Respect for life, respect for people, paternalism, confidentiality, and informed consent are part of
what principle of ethical decision making? - ✔✔Autonomy
Truthtelling and honesty are part of what principle of ethical decision making? - ✔✔Veracity
Rightness, equity, and fairness are part of what principle of ethical decision making? -
✔✔Justice
Law established for preventing harm against society or the public. - ✔✔Criminal law
The government initiates legal action in what type of law? - ✔✔Criminal law
Law to protect an individual or contractual rights; a crime against a person. - ✔✔Civil law
A harmed individual initiates legal action in what type of law? - ✔✔Civil law
What type of law is concerned with offenses or wrongful acts against society? - ✔✔Criminal
What type of law protects the public's interest? - ✔✔Criminal
What type of law seeks to punish the offender? - ✔✔Criminal
Practicing dental hygiene without a license is a violation of what type of law? - ✔✔Criminal
answers
What is a focused review of systems and processes to identify the basic or contributing factors
that cause adverse events? - ✔✔Root cause analysis
What is used for analyzing adverse events, correcting faulty systems and procedures, and thereby
preventing errors and near misses? - ✔✔Root cause analysis
Goal of root cause analysis determines what? - ✔✔1. What happened 2. Why it happened 3.
What can be done to prevent it from happening again
True or false: The purpose of root cause analysis is to figure out why it happened and to point
out who is at fault. - ✔✔False (no pointing fingers)
What are the 5 aspects of practice for vast majority of dental errors? - ✔✔Communication,
record keeping, clinical competence, impairment, litigious society (sue happy)
What is a vital element in reducing dental errors? - ✔✔Communication
Written records should contain what 4 elements of information? - ✔✔Patient history, exam
results, test results, and radiographs
How long should a patient's records be kept? - ✔✔4 years
Most dental errors involved in litigation have two common causes, what are they? - ✔✔Record
keeping and competence
What is a necessary minimum condition for competence? - ✔✔CE
What is an injury or illness caused by medical care that results in a measurable disability? -
✔✔Adverse event
What is an event or a situation that did not produce patient harm, but only because of intervening
factors (a close call)? - ✔✔Near miss
What is failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to
achieve an aim? - ✔✔Medical error
What is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury? -
✔✔Sentinel event
, What is a medical term referring to a mathematical formula used to calculate the proper dosage
of medicine for children aged 2-17? - ✔✔Clark's rule
What is the right to make decisions for one's self? - ✔✔Autonomy
The 6 steps of ethical decision making are:
1. Identify the _______
2. Gather the ______
3. List the _______
4. Select the ____ ___ _____
5. ____ on the decision
6.______ the action. - ✔✔Problem, facts, alternatives, course of action, act, evaluate
When listing the alternatives during decision making, alternative should do the least amount of
_____. - ✔✔Harm
What are 5 principles in ethical decision making? - ✔✔Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence,
veracity, and justice
Respect for life, respect for people, paternalism, confidentiality, and informed consent are part of
what principle of ethical decision making? - ✔✔Autonomy
Truthtelling and honesty are part of what principle of ethical decision making? - ✔✔Veracity
Rightness, equity, and fairness are part of what principle of ethical decision making? -
✔✔Justice
Law established for preventing harm against society or the public. - ✔✔Criminal law
The government initiates legal action in what type of law? - ✔✔Criminal law
Law to protect an individual or contractual rights; a crime against a person. - ✔✔Civil law
A harmed individual initiates legal action in what type of law? - ✔✔Civil law
What type of law is concerned with offenses or wrongful acts against society? - ✔✔Criminal
What type of law protects the public's interest? - ✔✔Criminal
What type of law seeks to punish the offender? - ✔✔Criminal
Practicing dental hygiene without a license is a violation of what type of law? - ✔✔Criminal
