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CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN
PATIENT SAFETY EXAM UPDATED
EXAM WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
Usability testing - correct answer -A method by which users of a
Web site or other product are asked to perform certain tasks in an
effort to measure the product's ease-of-use and the user's
perception of the experience
Sim designed to id latent safety issues and workarounds
Simulation training augments - correct answer -1. Team behaviors
2. Procedural competency
3. Patient care outcomes
4. Safety outcomes
Successful sim education - correct answer -1. Individualized
feedback
2. Cognitive interactivity
3. Deliberate practice
4. Longer duration of the curricula
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Systems approach - correct answer -A holistic and analytical
approach to solving complex problems that includes using a
systems philosophy, systems analysis, and systems management
-most errors reflect predictable human failings in the context of
poorly designed systems
-id situations or factors that likely to give rise to human error, and
change the underlying systems of care in order to reduce the
occurrence of errors or minimize their impact on pts
Sharp end error - correct answer -active error
Adm the error
Blunt end error - correct answer -many layers that are not in
contact with pt but influence the personnel and equipment at the
sharp end
Solutions for active and latent errors - correct answer -active
- slips with attention for designs of protocols, devices, and work
env (checklists, force functions, or minimize work arounds,
remove variations, remove distractions, re-design)
-mistakes with more training, supervision
Latent
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-revise systems, protocols, how individuals interact with system
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient
Safety - correct answer -teamstepps
DOD and AHRQ
Support effective communications and teamwork in healthcare
Pharmacists responsibilities - correct answer -1. Access to med
2. Supply med info
3. Eval med appropriateness
4. Improve med adherence
5. Health and wellness services
6. Med mgmt
7. Assess health status
8. Coord care transitions
Triggers - correct answer -Targeted Injury Detection Systems
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IHI Global Trigger Tool (GTT) - correct answer -widely used
trigger tools with blunt triggers (RRT) with relatively insensitive
(low BP)
Wspes - correct answer -wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong
patient errors
Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure,
Wrong Person Surgery - correct answer -time out prior to all
procedures
Two approaches to problem of human fallibility - correct answer -
1. The person (blame and shame)
2. They system approaches
Iatrogenesis - correct answer -Greek for originating from a
physician
Preventable adverse events - correct answer -those that occurred
due to error or failure to apply an accepted strategy for prevention
CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN
PATIENT SAFETY EXAM UPDATED
EXAM WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
Usability testing - correct answer -A method by which users of a
Web site or other product are asked to perform certain tasks in an
effort to measure the product's ease-of-use and the user's
perception of the experience
Sim designed to id latent safety issues and workarounds
Simulation training augments - correct answer -1. Team behaviors
2. Procedural competency
3. Patient care outcomes
4. Safety outcomes
Successful sim education - correct answer -1. Individualized
feedback
2. Cognitive interactivity
3. Deliberate practice
4. Longer duration of the curricula
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Systems approach - correct answer -A holistic and analytical
approach to solving complex problems that includes using a
systems philosophy, systems analysis, and systems management
-most errors reflect predictable human failings in the context of
poorly designed systems
-id situations or factors that likely to give rise to human error, and
change the underlying systems of care in order to reduce the
occurrence of errors or minimize their impact on pts
Sharp end error - correct answer -active error
Adm the error
Blunt end error - correct answer -many layers that are not in
contact with pt but influence the personnel and equipment at the
sharp end
Solutions for active and latent errors - correct answer -active
- slips with attention for designs of protocols, devices, and work
env (checklists, force functions, or minimize work arounds,
remove variations, remove distractions, re-design)
-mistakes with more training, supervision
Latent
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-revise systems, protocols, how individuals interact with system
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient
Safety - correct answer -teamstepps
DOD and AHRQ
Support effective communications and teamwork in healthcare
Pharmacists responsibilities - correct answer -1. Access to med
2. Supply med info
3. Eval med appropriateness
4. Improve med adherence
5. Health and wellness services
6. Med mgmt
7. Assess health status
8. Coord care transitions
Triggers - correct answer -Targeted Injury Detection Systems
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IHI Global Trigger Tool (GTT) - correct answer -widely used
trigger tools with blunt triggers (RRT) with relatively insensitive
(low BP)
Wspes - correct answer -wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong
patient errors
Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure,
Wrong Person Surgery - correct answer -time out prior to all
procedures
Two approaches to problem of human fallibility - correct answer -
1. The person (blame and shame)
2. They system approaches
Iatrogenesis - correct answer -Greek for originating from a
physician
Preventable adverse events - correct answer -those that occurred
due to error or failure to apply an accepted strategy for prevention
