DOH Patient Safety & Ethics

Question 1

Which international patient safety goal, adopted by DOH-accredited hospitals in Abu Dhabi, aims to prevent wrong-site surgeries?

Accepted Answer

Goal 4: Ensure correct-site, correct-procedure, correct-patient surgery

Answer

Joint Commission International (JCI) Goal 4 requires facilities to implement a surgical time-out and site-marking protocol to prevent wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient surgeries.

Question 2

A competent adult patient in Abu Dhabi refuses a blood transfusion on religious grounds. What is the ethical and legal obligation of the healthcare team?

Accepted Answer

Respect the patient's refusal, document it, and provide alternative care

Answer

Respect for patient autonomy requires that a competent adult's informed refusal be honoured; the team must document the refusal, explain risks, and offer alternative management options.

Question 3

Which colour-coded wristband is universally used in Abu Dhabi DOH-accredited hospitals to indicate a patient has a known drug allergy?

Accepted Answer

Red

Answer

A red wristband is the internationally recognised and DOH-recommended standard to identify patients with known drug or other allergies, alerting all clinical staff.

Question 4

What does the 'Just Culture' principle in patient safety focus on?

Accepted Answer

Distinguishing between individual blameworthy behaviour and system failures to promote error reporting

Answer

Just Culture distinguishes reckless or intentional behaviour (which is blameworthy) from human or system errors, encouraging transparent reporting without fear of disproportionate punishment.

Question 5

In Abu Dhabi healthcare settings, which process ensures that verbal medication orders are accurately executed to reduce transcription errors?

Accepted Answer

Read-back and verify protocol

Answer

The read-back (or repeat-back) protocol requires the receiver of a verbal or phone order to repeat the order aloud for confirmation by the prescriber before it is executed.

HAAD/DOH Abu Dhabi Practice Test

HAAD/DOH Abu Dhabi Practice Test

DOH Patient Safety & Ethics