WorksheetsIntroduction to Patient Safety
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), what is the definition of patient safety?
The complete elimination of all risks in healthcare settings.
Ensuring patients are satisfied with the care they receive.
The absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of health care and reduction of risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care to an acceptable minimum.
Exclusively focusing on reducing medication errors in hospitals.
Which of the following reports was most influential in bringing widespread public and governmental attention to the issue of medical errors in the late 1990s?
The Flexner Report (1910)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (1999)
The WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide (2011)
A nurse intends to administer 5mg of a medication but inadvertently administers 10mg. The patient experiences no ill effects. How would this event BEST be classified?
An adverse event
A near miss
An error with no harm
A sentinel event
The primary focus of a "systems thinking" approach to patient safety is:
Blaming individuals for errors
Improving individual performance
Identifying and addressing system-level factors that contribute to errors
Increasing patient responsibility
Which of the following best describes a "latent failure" in the context of patient safety?
An unsafe act committed by a healthcare professional at the point of care (e.g., administering the wrong drug).
A hidden defect within a healthcare system that may predispose to errors (e.g., poor equipment design, inadequate staffing).
An error that results in severe harm or death to a patient.
A situation where a patient intentionally disregards medical advice.
Which of the following is NOT a primary socio-economic rationale for prioritizing patient safety initiatives?
Reducing direct medical costs associated with treating harm.
Decreasing lost productivity due to patient disability.
Increasing the market share and profitability of pharmaceutical companies.
Minimizing litigation costs related to medical errors.
A pharmacist notices a doctor has prescribed a medication to which the patient has a known and documented allergy. The pharmacist contacts the doctor, and the prescription is changed before the medication is dispensed. This is a classic example of:
An adverse event
An error causing harm
A near miss (or an error intercepted)
A latent failure in prescribing
The modern patient safety movement emphasizes a shift from:
A. A systems approach to an individual blame approach.
B. An individual blame approach to a systems approach.
C. Focusing on near misses to focusing only on events that cause harm.
D. Prioritizing cost reduction over quality of care.
A nurse misreads a poorly written medication order but, upon double-checking with the prescriber before administration, realises the potential mistake and clarifies the correct dose. The patient receives the correct medication.
Near Miss
Adverse Event
Harm
Hazard
Error
A patient develops a severe infection following surgery due to inadequately sterilized instruments, requiring prolonged hospitalization and additional antibiotic therapy. What is this an example of?
Adverse Event
Medical Error
Near Miss
Sentinel Event
The fundamental obligation to protect patients from preventable injury during their care, based on principles like "do no harm." What is this called?
Ethical Imperative
Informed Consent
Patient Autonomy
Clinical Privilege
The overarching discipline concerned with preventing, reducing, and ameliorating unsafe acts within the healthcare system, as well as the use of best practices shown to lead to optimal patient outcomes is called ______.
Patient Safety
Medical Billing
Clinical Coding
Health Marketing
