Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Flashcards
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What does FMEA stand for as used in healthcare quality management?
Answer: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a proactive risk assessment tool used to identify potential failure points in a process before they result in patient harm.
Which type of medication error involves administering the correct drug to the wrong patient?
Answer: Wrong-patient error
A wrong-patient error occurs when a correct medication is administered to the wrong patient, underscoring the critical importance of two-patient identifier verification.
The surgical 'time-out' procedure is performed immediately before incision primarily to:
Answer: Verify correct patient identity, surgical procedure, and operative site
The surgical time-out is a pause before incision during which the team collectively verifies the correct patient, correct procedure, and correct surgical site to prevent wrong-site surgery.
Conditions that develop as a result of treatment in a hospital — not present on admission — are clinically referred to as:
Answer: Nosocomial conditions
Nosocomial conditions (hospital-acquired conditions or HACs) develop during a hospital stay as a result of care or the environment, not from the patient's original presenting illness.
Which of the following is NOT one of the traditional 'Five Rights' of medication administration?
Answer: Right diagnosis
The Five Rights are right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, and right time — diagnosis is a clinical decision separate from the mechanics of safe administration.
Which organization accredits U.S. hospitals and publishes annual National Patient Safety Goals?
Answer: The Joint Commission (TJC)
The Joint Commission (TJC) is the primary accrediting body for U.S. hospitals and annually publishes National Patient Safety Goals to drive targeted safety improvements.
In patient safety, a clinical 'bundle' is best defined as:
Answer: A set of evidence-based practices implemented together to improve patient outcomes
A care bundle is a structured set of evidence-based practices that, when implemented together consistently, improve patient outcomes more than when applied individually.