CPPS Patient Safety Certification questions and answers
2026\2027 A+ Grade
advance health
- correct answer One important route to restoring trust is through a commitment to transparency by all
health care systems. Organizations and clinicians that act as though they have nothing to hide become
more trustworthy. The health care system should seek to earn renewed trust not by hiding its defects,
but by revealing them, along with making a relentless commitment to improve. The transition to
openness is a difficult one for our often-beleaguered health care organizations, but it is a journey worth
making. In the longer run, access to information can inspire trust among patients and caregivers that the
system is working effectively to ________________________.
a screen
- correct answer Although trigger tools are neither perfectly sensitive nor specific, they have reasonably
good interrater reliability and often identify cases of medical errors that incident reporting or
administrative data-based systems miss. Since many triggers do not represent errors or even true harm,
they are best used as which of the following?
Quality System Regulations
- correct answer One of the goals of the FDA is to protect the health of the public by assuring that the
practice of reprocessing and reusing single-use devices (SUDs) is safe and effective and based on good
science. The FDA has designed an approach that applies existing regulations for original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) to third parties and hospitals to minimize risks associated with reprocessed SUDs.
The public expects and the law requires all medical devices to be safe, effective, and manufactured in
accordance with which of the following?
Four key aspects of the current context for health care delivery
- correct answer 1. the growing complexity of science and technology,
2. the increase in chronic conditions,
3. a poorly organized delivery system,
4. constraints on exploiting the revolution in information technology
, outmoded systems of work
- correct answer Poor designs set the workforce up to fail, regardless of how hard they try
Censure and discipline
- correct answer The high standards of practice that are taught to nurses, pharmacists, and physicians
have often been reinforced in hospital practice by an unforgiving system of
_____________________________________________________.
participant observer approach
- correct answer co-workers are unaware that a study is taking place while another employee collects
data
T or F Many physicians believe the statistical reports
- correct answer false
Sizable capital investments and multiyear commitments to building systems
- correct answer The challenges of applying information technology to health care should not be
underestimated. Health care is undoubtedly one of the most, if not the most, complex sector of the
economy. The number of different types of transactions (i.e., patient needs, interactions, and services) is
very large. Which of the following will be required?
the delivery setting
- correct answer Modifying training, regulatory, and legal environments is not a quick strategy for
changing practice. These environments are closely interrelated with ________________.
Observers
- correct answer used to double-check the accuracy of medication cart filling, filling new orders, and
filling prescriptions.
incident report
- correct answer legally recognized report of a medication error
1) Captures small fraction of adverse events
2) Retrospective review is only based on provider self-reports
2026\2027 A+ Grade
advance health
- correct answer One important route to restoring trust is through a commitment to transparency by all
health care systems. Organizations and clinicians that act as though they have nothing to hide become
more trustworthy. The health care system should seek to earn renewed trust not by hiding its defects,
but by revealing them, along with making a relentless commitment to improve. The transition to
openness is a difficult one for our often-beleaguered health care organizations, but it is a journey worth
making. In the longer run, access to information can inspire trust among patients and caregivers that the
system is working effectively to ________________________.
a screen
- correct answer Although trigger tools are neither perfectly sensitive nor specific, they have reasonably
good interrater reliability and often identify cases of medical errors that incident reporting or
administrative data-based systems miss. Since many triggers do not represent errors or even true harm,
they are best used as which of the following?
Quality System Regulations
- correct answer One of the goals of the FDA is to protect the health of the public by assuring that the
practice of reprocessing and reusing single-use devices (SUDs) is safe and effective and based on good
science. The FDA has designed an approach that applies existing regulations for original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) to third parties and hospitals to minimize risks associated with reprocessed SUDs.
The public expects and the law requires all medical devices to be safe, effective, and manufactured in
accordance with which of the following?
Four key aspects of the current context for health care delivery
- correct answer 1. the growing complexity of science and technology,
2. the increase in chronic conditions,
3. a poorly organized delivery system,
4. constraints on exploiting the revolution in information technology
, outmoded systems of work
- correct answer Poor designs set the workforce up to fail, regardless of how hard they try
Censure and discipline
- correct answer The high standards of practice that are taught to nurses, pharmacists, and physicians
have often been reinforced in hospital practice by an unforgiving system of
_____________________________________________________.
participant observer approach
- correct answer co-workers are unaware that a study is taking place while another employee collects
data
T or F Many physicians believe the statistical reports
- correct answer false
Sizable capital investments and multiyear commitments to building systems
- correct answer The challenges of applying information technology to health care should not be
underestimated. Health care is undoubtedly one of the most, if not the most, complex sector of the
economy. The number of different types of transactions (i.e., patient needs, interactions, and services) is
very large. Which of the following will be required?
the delivery setting
- correct answer Modifying training, regulatory, and legal environments is not a quick strategy for
changing practice. These environments are closely interrelated with ________________.
Observers
- correct answer used to double-check the accuracy of medication cart filling, filling new orders, and
filling prescriptions.
incident report
- correct answer legally recognized report of a medication error
1) Captures small fraction of adverse events
2) Retrospective review is only based on provider self-reports
