Prevention of Medical Errors

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1- Mistakes happen where?

in hospitals

in outpatient clinics

in nursing homes

all of the above

2- ADE stands for what?

adverse drug event

addition error

advanced directive exception

none of the above

3- What is the first requirement for correct and effective treatment?

An accurate diagnosis

collecting the payment

informed consent

none of the above

4- What are the most frequently reported types of medication errors?

Omission errors

Improper dose/quantity errors

Unauthorized drug errors

all of the above

5- The primary contributing factors to medication errors are?

distractions

workload increases

both a and b

none of the above

6- What medications are most often associated with errors?

insulin

heparin

warfarin

all of the above

7- Which patients are most vulnerable to the effects of medical errors?

the very young

the very old

both a and b

none of the above

8- Which of the following are risk factors for falls?

Age 65 or over

History of falling

Impaired mobility or difficulty walking

all of the above

9- The goal of a Root Cause Analysis is to find out what?

What happened

Why did it happen

What do you do to prevent it from happening again

all of the above

10- Making the patient and the family part of the health care team is an important strategy in improving patient safety and reducing medical errors?

True

False

11- Research shows that patients who are more involved with their care tend to get better results?

True

False

12- Although the United States provides some of the best health care in the world, the numbers of errors in health care are at unacceptably high levels.

True

False