CPSA MCQ Flashcards
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Which metric is commonly used to measure the rate of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs)?
Answer: Incidents per 1,000 patient-days
HAC rates are standardly expressed as events per 1,000 patient-days to allow comparison across units and facilities with different census volumes.
In TeamSTEPPS, what does the acronym 'CUS' stand for?
Answer: Concerned, Uncomfortable, Safety issue
CUS (Concerned, Uncomfortable, Safety issue) is a TeamSTEPPS assertive statement tool used to escalate patient safety concerns when normal communication fails.
Which of the following is an example of a 'forcing function' in patient safety system design?
Answer: IV tubing that cannot be connected to an enteral port
A forcing function is a physical design constraint that makes it impossible to proceed incorrectly, such as incompatible connectors that prevent wrong-route medication errors.
The AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) is PRIMARILY used to:
Answer: Measure staff perceptions of patient safety climate
The HSOPSC measures staff perceptions about patient safety culture dimensions such as teamwork, communication openness, and management support for safety.
A patient receives a 10-fold overdose of a medication due to a decimal point error. This is BEST classified as:
Answer: A sentinel event
A 10-fold overdose causing patient harm meets the definition of a sentinel event—an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury.
Which of the following BEST supports a culture of safety rather than a blame culture?
Answer: Encouraging anonymous voluntary incident reporting
Anonymous voluntary reporting systems reduce fear of punishment, encouraging staff to report near misses and errors so systemic issues can be identified and corrected.
During an RCA, the team identifies that the event was caused by fatigue from excessive on-call shifts. This is BEST categorized as:
Answer: A latent organizational factor
Excessive on-call scheduling is an organizational/management decision that creates latent conditions (fatigue) predisposing staff to active errors.