CPHQ Patient Safety Principles 5

Question 1

Which patient safety initiative by WHO requires a surgical team pause immediately before skin incision to confirm patient, procedure, and site?

Accepted Answer

Time-out

Answer

The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist 'time-out' occurs immediately before incision and confirms patient identity, site, procedure, and team readiness.

Question 2

A hospital's incident reporting rate drops by 40% after disciplinary action is taken against a nurse who reported a medication error. This outcome illustrates the risk of:

Accepted Answer

Punitive reporting culture

Answer

A punitive reporting culture deters staff from reporting errors, reducing the data needed to identify and fix systemic problems.

Question 3

Which model categorizes care as having structure, process, and outcome components to evaluate quality and safety?

Accepted Answer

Donabedian Model

Answer

Avedis Donabedian's model evaluates healthcare quality through three dimensions: structure (resources), process (care delivery), and outcomes (results).

Question 4

Which strategy is MOST effective at preventing look-alike/sound-alike medication errors at the point of dispensing?

Accepted Answer

Tall man lettering on drug labels

Answer

Tall man lettering (e.g., vinBLAStine vs. vinCRIStine) highlights distinguishing letters to differentiate look-alike/sound-alike drug names.

Question 5

A healthcare organization wants to monitor patient safety proactively. Which measure is considered a 'leading' indicator?

Accepted Answer

Staff safety culture survey scores

Answer

Safety culture survey scores are leading indicators because they measure conditions that predict future safety performance before harm occurs.

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CPHQ Patient Safety Principles 5