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Approved for Dietitians, 2 Credits, only $19 ($9.50 each credit)16 Questions:
1. According to the IOM, where do medical errors occur?
a. Hospitals, clinics, outpatient surgery center
b. Doctors offices and nursing homes
c. Pharmacies and patient's homes
d. All of the above
2. How many annual deaths does the IOM report estimate occur due to medical errors in hospitals?
a. Estimated 7,000 deaths
b. Between 22,000 and 44,000
c. Between 44,000 and 98,000
d. More than 98,000
3. Which of following is the most complete answer for the IOM's definition for the term "medical errors"?
a. Use the wrong plan to achieve an aim
b. Failure to complete a planned action as intended or use the wrong plan to achieve an aim
c. Failure to complete a planned action as intended
d. An injury caused by medical mismanagement
4. What does the IOM identify as the root causes of medical errors?
a. Related to the complexity of health care systems
b. Due to individual negligence or misconduct
c. Communications and diagnostic errors
d. Drug related and mishandled surgeries
5. Which of the following areas received the greatest number of recommendations in the 30 Safe Practices report?
a. Culture of safety
b. Specific care processes
c. Safe medication use
d. Improving patient care and communication
6. What does the ADA recommend as the most important part of providing consistent, quality care?
a. Communication among team members
b. Patient empowerment
c. Drug information education
d. Documentation
7. According to The Leapfrog Group which of the following best describes the challenge facing hospitals relating to the lack of national standards and measures for reducing medical errors?
a. Waste associated with the duplication of efforts and widely scattered efforts
b. Lack of financial resources
c. Investment in new technologies
d. Improving patient care and communication
8. Which of the following organizations accredits healthcare facilities?
a. The Leapfrog Group
b. The FDA
c. The American Nurses Association
d. Joint Commission (JCAHO)
9. Which of the following best describes a Sentinel Event?
a. Accidental death or injury
b. Non-hospital related medical error
c. An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury or risk
d. Emergency room medical error
10. Which of the following did the Joint Commission report at the leading Sentinel Event?
a. Medical equipment related
b. Patient fall
c. Wrong site surgery
d. Delay in treatment
11. What is the primary preventive measure for avoiding infections acquired in hospitals?
a. Patient identification
b. Vaccines
c. Catheter and tubing mis-connections
d. Effective hand hygiene
12. What is the goal of the Join Commission's "Do Not Use List"??
a. Improve preprogrammed health information
b. Build a culture of safety
c. Upgrade medical records
d. Standardized list of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols that are to be used throughout the organization
13.To minimize confusion between drug names that look and sound alike what fraction of drug names are rejected by the FDA annually?
a. One-fifth
b. One-third
c. One-quarter
d. One-half
14. In fatal medication errors what did the FDA report as the most common?
a. Administering an improper dose
b. Giving adult medication to children
c. Giving the wrong drug
d. Using wrong route of administration
15. What is the effect in the number of medication errors in institutions that switched over to CPOE?
a. They increased by 13 to 99%
b. They decreased by 13 to 99%
c. They decreased by 10%
d. They remained the same
16. What is the intent of the MedWatch?
a. Reporting of medical errors and examining their root cause
b. Pharmacy intervention
c. Intended to detect safety hazard signals
d. Education and training procedures