Understanding Sentinel Events Quiz
Understanding Sentinel Events Quiz
Test your knowledge on sentinel events in healthcare with our engaging quiz! Discover essential definitions, scenarios, and reporting guidelines to enhance your understanding of patient safety.
- 7 thought-provoking questions
- Multiple choice format
- Learn while you assess your knowledge
What is the definition of sentinel event?
Circumstances or events that had the capacity to cause an adverse event, but which did not reach the patient either by chance or through timely intervention
An unexpected and undesirable incident directly associated with the care or services provided to the patient.
An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof
How many types of sentinel events is there?
6
8
9
10
What is example of care management events?
Deaths related to delay in treatment
Patient death / serious harm due to a fall.
Patient death / harm disability due to the contaminated drugs / devices / biologics
What is example of environmental events in health care facility event?
Sexual assault within or on the grounds of facility
Patient death / serious harm due to the use of bed rails / restraint
Wrong surgical procedure performed on a patient
What is example of product or device event in health care facility?
Performing diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on the wrong patient
Patient death / serious harm due to an electric shock
Patient death / serious harm due to intravascular air embolism excluding deaths associated with neurosurgical procedures known to present a high risk of intravascular air embolism
To whom should be sentinel event reported, and within how many hours?
NHRA, 24 hrs
MOH, 12 hrs
Public health directorate, 24 hrs
Detailed report with documents mentioned below should be sent within a maximum of 5 working days from date of occurrence
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