Canadian Patient Safety Week 2016 Thursday's Quiz

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Patient Safety Awareness Quiz

Test your knowledge on patient safety initiatives and medication errors with our engaging quiz! This is a great opportunity to learn more about how healthcare organizations enhance patient safety.

Understand the impact of safety initiatives across healthcare
Learn about medication errors and prevention strategies
Engage with real-world scenarios faced by healthcare professionals

6 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CaringGuide479

True or false? Patient Safety Initiatives affect not only hospitals, but all healthcare organizations.

True

False

Which of the following is a common cause of medication errors which can be prevented by using a drug information system?

A patient misunderstanding the directions given to them by a pharmacist

Drug to drug interactions

Workplace environmental issues

All of the above

True or false? Since 2013 Pharmacists have caught over 5000 near mistakes before handing over the prescriptions.

True

False

EHealth Saskatchewan is committed to patient safety by ensuring a comprehensive patient safety incident reduction strategy is in place to:

Provide awareness through education and training

Assess and Mitigate safety risks

Ensure written procedures are in place to manage safety incidents

Collect knowledge of evolving best practices from across the industry and review past incidents to ensure best practices are followed

All of the above

Health information systems alleviate the need to verify patient identifiers such as HSN, date of birth, first name, last name and address.

True

False

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