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Certified Professional in Patient Safety credential (CPPS) IHI
EXAM TESTBANK 2026-2027 COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
CPPS IHI EXAM
QUESTION: An organization is implementing a standardized surgical safety checklist and
encounters resistance from the perioperative staff. To improve staff engagement, a patient
safety professional should:
A. prepare a business case for the implementation of the checklist.
B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
C. assure staff that anesthesia is responsible for the checklist.
D. delegate checklist enforcement to nursing. - ANSWER-B. present evidence that checklist use
reduces practice variability.
QUESTION: An organization has achieved 92% compliance with a process measure. The patient
safety professional believes that the processes in place are not reliable or that the results are
attributable to luck. Which of the following best describes this characteristic?
A. appreciative inquiry
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B. commitment to resilience
C. deference to expertise
D. preoccupation with failure - ANSWER-D. preoccupation with failure
QUESTION: A just culture framework provides a means to address behaviors that undermine a
culture of safety because
A. single outbursts are differentiated from consciously chosen acts.
B. preservation of highly valued team members is a primary goal.
C. the evaluative process does not consider personal performance-shaping factors.
D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of patient outcome. -
ANSWER-D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of patient
outcome.
QUESTION: In process improvement, reducing variation improves
A. predictability of outcomes.
B. patient care processes.
C. frequency of poor results.
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D. reluctance to simplify. - ANSWER-A. predictability of outcomes.
QUESTION: When creating action plans, which of the following solutions would be considered
the weakest?
A. visible involvement and action by leadership
B. standardizing processes as much as possible
C. creating access barriers to high-risk medications
D. use of color-coded labels that are readily seen by staff - ANSWER-D. use of color-coded labels
that are readily seen by staff
QUESTION: Which of the following is emphasized in crew resource management?
A. care standards
B. team leadership
C. caregiver burnout
D. health literacy - ANSWER-B. team leadership
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QUESTION: 10.
As a result of an adverse drug event, a patient required renal dialysis. A patient safety
professional and other leaders are discussing what to disclose to the patient. In addition to an
apology, critical components of disclosure include
A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors will be prevented.
B. who was involved, when it happened, and how often medication errors occur.
C. plans for staff disciplinary action, physician disciplinary action, and a plan for education.
D. history of pharmacy transcription errors, and the plan to implement an electronic health
record. - ANSWER-A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors will
be prevented.
Q; In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory requirements, a hospital is
creating an antimicrobial stewardship committee. What should be the first step in supporting
this new patient safety initiative?
A. Reach out to subject matter experts to gain insight on different compliance issues.
B. Work with information technology (IT) to build antibiotic indication and time-out screens.
C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state.
Certified Professional in Patient Safety credential (CPPS) IHI
EXAM TESTBANK 2026-2027 COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
CPPS IHI EXAM
QUESTION: An organization is implementing a standardized surgical safety checklist and
encounters resistance from the perioperative staff. To improve staff engagement, a patient
safety professional should:
A. prepare a business case for the implementation of the checklist.
B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
C. assure staff that anesthesia is responsible for the checklist.
D. delegate checklist enforcement to nursing. - ANSWER-B. present evidence that checklist use
reduces practice variability.
QUESTION: An organization has achieved 92% compliance with a process measure. The patient
safety professional believes that the processes in place are not reliable or that the results are
attributable to luck. Which of the following best describes this characteristic?
A. appreciative inquiry
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B. commitment to resilience
C. deference to expertise
D. preoccupation with failure - ANSWER-D. preoccupation with failure
QUESTION: A just culture framework provides a means to address behaviors that undermine a
culture of safety because
A. single outbursts are differentiated from consciously chosen acts.
B. preservation of highly valued team members is a primary goal.
C. the evaluative process does not consider personal performance-shaping factors.
D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of patient outcome. -
ANSWER-D. the organizational response to investigated events is independent of patient
outcome.
QUESTION: In process improvement, reducing variation improves
A. predictability of outcomes.
B. patient care processes.
C. frequency of poor results.
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D. reluctance to simplify. - ANSWER-A. predictability of outcomes.
QUESTION: When creating action plans, which of the following solutions would be considered
the weakest?
A. visible involvement and action by leadership
B. standardizing processes as much as possible
C. creating access barriers to high-risk medications
D. use of color-coded labels that are readily seen by staff - ANSWER-D. use of color-coded labels
that are readily seen by staff
QUESTION: Which of the following is emphasized in crew resource management?
A. care standards
B. team leadership
C. caregiver burnout
D. health literacy - ANSWER-B. team leadership
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QUESTION: 10.
As a result of an adverse drug event, a patient required renal dialysis. A patient safety
professional and other leaders are discussing what to disclose to the patient. In addition to an
apology, critical components of disclosure include
A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors will be prevented.
B. who was involved, when it happened, and how often medication errors occur.
C. plans for staff disciplinary action, physician disciplinary action, and a plan for education.
D. history of pharmacy transcription errors, and the plan to implement an electronic health
record. - ANSWER-A. a commitment to investigate what happened and how future errors will
be prevented.
Q; In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory requirements, a hospital is
creating an antimicrobial stewardship committee. What should be the first step in supporting
this new patient safety initiative?
A. Reach out to subject matter experts to gain insight on different compliance issues.
B. Work with information technology (IT) to build antibiotic indication and time-out screens.
C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state.
