Adverse Reporting

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Adverse Reporting Quiz

Test your knowledge on adverse reporting in healthcare with this informative quiz. Enhance your understanding of key terms, processes, and reporting protocols related to patient safety.

7 engaging multiple choice questions
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7 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CaringMedic42

What is defined as an event or situation that could have resulted in an accident, injury or illness?

Near Miss

Adverse event

Reportable incident

Root Cause Analysis

Any adverse event or near miss should be reported to:

Director of Nursing

Risk Management Officer

All your coworkers

Both the DON and Risk Management Officer

A process for identifying the basic or causal factor(s) that underlie the occurrence or possible occurrence of an adverse event by asking why? Did an event occur is called:

Adverse incident reporting

Root Cause Analysis

Performance Improvement

Reportable Incident

Scenario: Cefazolin is mixed and hung by the admission nurse even though the patient identifies an allergy to Penicillin. During the time out, the anesthesia providers are talking and miss the identification of allergies. The Cefazolin is given. The patient has an anaphylactic reaction. The patient is stabilized and transferred to the hospital. This scenario is an example of a sentinel event.

True

False

Regarding the previous scenario, this is not a reportable incident to the state because the patient did not die.

True

False

Also in reference to the previous scenario, let's say the allergies were stated during the time out procedure and the Penicillin allergy was identified. Cefazolin was not given to the patient. This is an example of a near miss. Does it need to be reported?

Yes

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