Prevention of Medical Errors ECHELON Post-
Test. Has Questions and multiple choices with
provided Answers.
1. When giving medications, always check the patient, the drug, the dose, the route, and the,
a. Doctor
b. Temperature
c. Last eating episode
d. Time
d. Time
2. To support the goal for patients to be actively involved in their care, The Joint Commission
requested caregivers in Critical Access Hospitals to?
a. Encourage patients and their families to report safety concerns
b. Ask patients to give them a list of all their medications
c. Educate the staff on oxygen hazards
d. Have patients mark their bodies to indicate the correct surgical site
a. Encourage patients and their families to report safety concerns
3. Reports of Incidents must be given to the facility's Risk Manager?
a. At the end of every month
b. Within 3 calendar days
c. Quarterly
d. At the end of every day
b. Within 3 days
4. Which of the following is NOT accurate regarding FMEA?
a. The goal is to redesign the process to minimize failure risk and enhance patient safety
b. Multiple control measures may be placed in a process to control one hazard
c. Criticality equals failure frequency multiplied by failure severity, multiplied by failure
detectability
d. A control measure is generally used only once in a specific process
d. A control measure is generally used only once in a specific process
5. Children are the population group most prone to overdose.
a. True
b. False
, a. True
6. Dispelling the attitude that the surgeon should never be questioned can help prevent wrong-
site surgeries.
a. True
b. False
a. True
7. Which of the following would NOT be a goal for patient/client and family education?
a. Teaching them to report any herbs and vitamins they are taking
b. Teaching them the importance of following treatment instructions
c. Teaching them to report all prescription drugs they are taking
d. Teaching them to listen carefully to their doctor and not continually question
d. Teaching them to listen carefully to their doctor and not continually question
8. Which of the following would be considered an "official" barrier to reporting?
a. A "published" reporting protocol
b. Administrative recognition for reporting near misses
c. Fear of punishment or a negative employee review
d. Fear of lawsuits from an angry patient
c. Fear of punishment or a negative employee review
9. Potentially serious mix-ups between these two drugs have been linked to look-alike packaging
and the use of MET as a mnemonic. (Brand names are given)
a. Flagyl and Glucophage
b. Ambisome and Abelcet
c. Humulin and Humalog
d. Ativan and Xanax
INCORRECT: Humulin and Humalog
10. Verbal orders should not be taken for
a. Heparin
b. Insulin
c. Anticoagulants
d. Chemotherapy
d. CHEMO
11. Which incident has the highest annual death rate?
a. Aids
b. Motor vehicle accidents
Test. Has Questions and multiple choices with
provided Answers.
1. When giving medications, always check the patient, the drug, the dose, the route, and the,
a. Doctor
b. Temperature
c. Last eating episode
d. Time
d. Time
2. To support the goal for patients to be actively involved in their care, The Joint Commission
requested caregivers in Critical Access Hospitals to?
a. Encourage patients and their families to report safety concerns
b. Ask patients to give them a list of all their medications
c. Educate the staff on oxygen hazards
d. Have patients mark their bodies to indicate the correct surgical site
a. Encourage patients and their families to report safety concerns
3. Reports of Incidents must be given to the facility's Risk Manager?
a. At the end of every month
b. Within 3 calendar days
c. Quarterly
d. At the end of every day
b. Within 3 days
4. Which of the following is NOT accurate regarding FMEA?
a. The goal is to redesign the process to minimize failure risk and enhance patient safety
b. Multiple control measures may be placed in a process to control one hazard
c. Criticality equals failure frequency multiplied by failure severity, multiplied by failure
detectability
d. A control measure is generally used only once in a specific process
d. A control measure is generally used only once in a specific process
5. Children are the population group most prone to overdose.
a. True
b. False
, a. True
6. Dispelling the attitude that the surgeon should never be questioned can help prevent wrong-
site surgeries.
a. True
b. False
a. True
7. Which of the following would NOT be a goal for patient/client and family education?
a. Teaching them to report any herbs and vitamins they are taking
b. Teaching them the importance of following treatment instructions
c. Teaching them to report all prescription drugs they are taking
d. Teaching them to listen carefully to their doctor and not continually question
d. Teaching them to listen carefully to their doctor and not continually question
8. Which of the following would be considered an "official" barrier to reporting?
a. A "published" reporting protocol
b. Administrative recognition for reporting near misses
c. Fear of punishment or a negative employee review
d. Fear of lawsuits from an angry patient
c. Fear of punishment or a negative employee review
9. Potentially serious mix-ups between these two drugs have been linked to look-alike packaging
and the use of MET as a mnemonic. (Brand names are given)
a. Flagyl and Glucophage
b. Ambisome and Abelcet
c. Humulin and Humalog
d. Ativan and Xanax
INCORRECT: Humulin and Humalog
10. Verbal orders should not be taken for
a. Heparin
b. Insulin
c. Anticoagulants
d. Chemotherapy
d. CHEMO
11. Which incident has the highest annual death rate?
a. Aids
b. Motor vehicle accidents
