RHS Quality Improvement & Patient Safety 2

Question 1

What does FMEA stand for as used in healthcare quality management?

Accepted Answer

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Answer

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.

Question 2

Which type of medication error involves administering the correct drug to the wrong patient?

Accepted Answer

Wrong-patient error

Answer

A wrong-patient error occurs when a correct medication is administered to the wrong patient, underscoring the critical importance of two-patient identifier verification.

Question 3

The surgical 'time-out' procedure is performed immediately before incision primarily to:

Accepted Answer

Verify correct patient identity, surgical procedure, and operative site

Answer

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.

Question 4

Conditions that develop as a result of treatment in a hospital — not present on admission — are clinically referred to as:

Accepted Answer

Nosocomial conditions

Answer

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.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the traditional 'Five Rights' of medication administration?

Accepted Answer

Right diagnosis

Answer

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.

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RHS Quality Improvement & Patient Safety 2