ASRT Assigned Questions
1. The first goal of the Joint Commission's 2014 National Patient Safety Goals is to:
a. eliminate medication errors.
b. decrease the number of wrong-patient medication errors by half.
c. improve the accuracy of patient identification. - answerc
2. How many patient identifiers are required to confirm a medication order?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3 - answerb
3. What is the appropriate label for a medication that expires within 24 hours of being
opened?
a. expiration date and time
b. expiration date
c. time the medication was opened - answera. expiration date and time
4. What type of medication order should be avoided whenever possible?
a. computerized prescriber order entry
b. manual chart orders
c. verbal orders - answerc
5. Bar-coding and scanning has increased the number of wrong-patient medication
errors.
a. True
b. False - answerb. False
6. In 2004, the Joint Commission created a "do not use" list of abbreviations for:
a. handwritten medical orders.
b. patient identifiers.
c. computerized prescriber order entry. - answera
7. Patient, drug, dose, time, and route refer to the:
a. Joint Commission's goal to improve accuracy of patient identification.
b. Five Rights of Medication Administration.
c. description of "medication error" according to the National Coordinating Council for
Medication Error Reporting and Prevention. - answerb
8. A medication order should be checked against the medication profile and label:
a. at least one time.
b. by 2 different providers.
c. several times. - answerc
, 9. The Controlled Substance Act requires that medications be disposed of:
a. in a closed distribution system.
b. in the toilet or a trash can.
c. by 2 properly trained and educated health care providers. - answera
10. Some federal, state, and facility policies require that unsupervised medications must
be:
a. stored in a locked area.
b. counted every 6 hours by licensed providers.
c. only accessed by the facility manager. - answera
1. HIPAA was enacted by Congress in:
a. 1996.
b. 1998.
c. 2001. - answera
2. Information that is transferred verbally is not covered by the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
a. True
b. False - answerb
3. A guiding principle of the HIPAA Privacy Rule is the concept of Minimum:
a. Information.
b. Data.
c. Necessary. - answerc
4. There are three risks common to medical records: inappropriate access, record
tampering, and loss due to:
a. maleficence.
b. disaster.
c. incompetence. - answerb
5. The HIPAA Security Rule only applies to protected health information in what format?
a. Verbal
b. Paper
c. Electronic - answerc
6. How long does an institution have to notify patients and Health and Human Services
following a data breach?
a. 30 days
b. 60 days
c. 90 days - answerb
7. If a data breach affects _______ patients or more, the healthcare institution is
required to report the breach to the media.
a. 500
1. The first goal of the Joint Commission's 2014 National Patient Safety Goals is to:
a. eliminate medication errors.
b. decrease the number of wrong-patient medication errors by half.
c. improve the accuracy of patient identification. - answerc
2. How many patient identifiers are required to confirm a medication order?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3 - answerb
3. What is the appropriate label for a medication that expires within 24 hours of being
opened?
a. expiration date and time
b. expiration date
c. time the medication was opened - answera. expiration date and time
4. What type of medication order should be avoided whenever possible?
a. computerized prescriber order entry
b. manual chart orders
c. verbal orders - answerc
5. Bar-coding and scanning has increased the number of wrong-patient medication
errors.
a. True
b. False - answerb. False
6. In 2004, the Joint Commission created a "do not use" list of abbreviations for:
a. handwritten medical orders.
b. patient identifiers.
c. computerized prescriber order entry. - answera
7. Patient, drug, dose, time, and route refer to the:
a. Joint Commission's goal to improve accuracy of patient identification.
b. Five Rights of Medication Administration.
c. description of "medication error" according to the National Coordinating Council for
Medication Error Reporting and Prevention. - answerb
8. A medication order should be checked against the medication profile and label:
a. at least one time.
b. by 2 different providers.
c. several times. - answerc
, 9. The Controlled Substance Act requires that medications be disposed of:
a. in a closed distribution system.
b. in the toilet or a trash can.
c. by 2 properly trained and educated health care providers. - answera
10. Some federal, state, and facility policies require that unsupervised medications must
be:
a. stored in a locked area.
b. counted every 6 hours by licensed providers.
c. only accessed by the facility manager. - answera
1. HIPAA was enacted by Congress in:
a. 1996.
b. 1998.
c. 2001. - answera
2. Information that is transferred verbally is not covered by the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
a. True
b. False - answerb
3. A guiding principle of the HIPAA Privacy Rule is the concept of Minimum:
a. Information.
b. Data.
c. Necessary. - answerc
4. There are three risks common to medical records: inappropriate access, record
tampering, and loss due to:
a. maleficence.
b. disaster.
c. incompetence. - answerb
5. The HIPAA Security Rule only applies to protected health information in what format?
a. Verbal
b. Paper
c. Electronic - answerc
6. How long does an institution have to notify patients and Health and Human Services
following a data breach?
a. 30 days
b. 60 days
c. 90 days - answerb
7. If a data breach affects _______ patients or more, the healthcare institution is
required to report the breach to the media.
a. 500
