BMAT Risk Assessment & Management 2

Question 1

A hospital introduces a new surgical checklist to reduce wrong-site surgeries. Which type of risk control strategy does this represent?

Accepted Answer

Administrative control

Answer

Checklists are administrative controls because they rely on procedural compliance rather than physically removing or engineering out the hazard.

Question 2

In a risk matrix, a hazard rated as 'likelihood: rare' and 'consequence: catastrophic' is typically classified as:

Accepted Answer

High risk

Answer

A rare but catastrophic event generally falls into the high risk category, requiring active management despite low probability.

Question 3

Which principle underpins the ALARP (As Low As Reasonably Practicable) concept in risk management?

Accepted Answer

Risk reduction should continue until benefits equal costs

Answer

ALARP requires balancing the cost of further risk reduction against the benefit gained, stopping when they are broadly equal.

Question 4

A pharmaceutical company discovers a post-market safety signal for one of its drugs. The FIRST step in responding should be:

Accepted Answer

Conduct further investigation to verify the signal

Answer

A safety signal must be investigated to confirm causality before regulatory or clinical action is taken.

Question 5

In the context of clinical risk, 'near miss' events are valuable primarily because they:

Accepted Answer

Allow harm estimation without actual patient injury

Answer

Near misses reveal system weaknesses and allow organisations to learn and improve before actual harm occurs.

BMAT - Assessment Practice Test