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Certified Professional in Patient Safety, CPPS Patient
Safety Certification, National Patient Safety Goals,
Patient Safety and Risk Management Newest 2025
Actual Exam Test Bank| Complete 600 Questions and
Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+ (Brand New!!)
iatrogenesis .....ANSWER..... Greek for originating from a
physician
preventable adverse events .....ANSWER..... those that occurred
due to error or failure to apply an accepted strategy for
prevention
Ameliorable adverse event .....ANSWER..... events that, while not
preventable, could have been less harmful if care had been
different
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adverse events due to negligence .....ANSWER..... those that
occurred due to care that falls below the standards expected of
clinicians in the community
near miss .....ANSWER..... an unsafe situation that is
indistinguishable from a preventable adverse event except for
the outcome - exposed but does not experience harm either
through luck or early detection
error .....ANSWER..... broader term referring to any act of
commission or omission that exposes patients to a potentially
hazardous situation
adverse event .....ANSWER..... An injury caused by medical
management (rather than the underlying disease) and that
prolonged the hospitalization, produced at disability at the time
of discharge, or both
commision .....ANSWER..... doing something wrong
omission .....ANSWER..... failing to do the right thing
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CPOE .....ANSWER..... Computerized Provider Order Entry
2009 HITECH Act and meaningful use program
computer alerts three main findings .....ANSWER..... 1. modestly
effective at best
2. alert fatigue is common
3. fatigue increases with exposure and heavier use of CPOE
systems
minimize alert fatigue .....ANSWER..... 1. increase alert specificity
to reduce inconsequential alerts
2. tier alerts according to severity
3. make only high level/severe alerts interruptive
4. use human factors principles
three concepts that influence safety in ambulatory care
.....ANSWER..... 1. role of pt and caregiver behaviors
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2. role of provider-pt interactions
3. role of community and health system
Medical Office Survey on Pt Safety Culture .....ANSWER.....
designed to assess safety culture in amb care and data is
available from AHRQ
Pt Engagement .....ANSWER..... 1. ed pt about their illness and
medications with pt demonstrating understanding "teach back"
2. empowering to act as a safety double check
checklist .....ANSWER..... Algorithmic listing of actions to be
performed for a given clinical procedure designed to ensure that
no matter how often performed by a given clinician, no step will
be forgotten
reduce risk of slips
consensus of required behaviors
slips .....ANSWER..... failure of schematic (autopilot) behaviors
Certified Professional in Patient Safety, CPPS Patient
Safety Certification, National Patient Safety Goals,
Patient Safety and Risk Management Newest 2025
Actual Exam Test Bank| Complete 600 Questions and
Correct Verified Answers/ Graded A+ (Brand New!!)
iatrogenesis .....ANSWER..... Greek for originating from a
physician
preventable adverse events .....ANSWER..... those that occurred
due to error or failure to apply an accepted strategy for
prevention
Ameliorable adverse event .....ANSWER..... events that, while not
preventable, could have been less harmful if care had been
different
,Page 2 of 59
adverse events due to negligence .....ANSWER..... those that
occurred due to care that falls below the standards expected of
clinicians in the community
near miss .....ANSWER..... an unsafe situation that is
indistinguishable from a preventable adverse event except for
the outcome - exposed but does not experience harm either
through luck or early detection
error .....ANSWER..... broader term referring to any act of
commission or omission that exposes patients to a potentially
hazardous situation
adverse event .....ANSWER..... An injury caused by medical
management (rather than the underlying disease) and that
prolonged the hospitalization, produced at disability at the time
of discharge, or both
commision .....ANSWER..... doing something wrong
omission .....ANSWER..... failing to do the right thing
,Page 3 of 59
CPOE .....ANSWER..... Computerized Provider Order Entry
2009 HITECH Act and meaningful use program
computer alerts three main findings .....ANSWER..... 1. modestly
effective at best
2. alert fatigue is common
3. fatigue increases with exposure and heavier use of CPOE
systems
minimize alert fatigue .....ANSWER..... 1. increase alert specificity
to reduce inconsequential alerts
2. tier alerts according to severity
3. make only high level/severe alerts interruptive
4. use human factors principles
three concepts that influence safety in ambulatory care
.....ANSWER..... 1. role of pt and caregiver behaviors
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2. role of provider-pt interactions
3. role of community and health system
Medical Office Survey on Pt Safety Culture .....ANSWER.....
designed to assess safety culture in amb care and data is
available from AHRQ
Pt Engagement .....ANSWER..... 1. ed pt about their illness and
medications with pt demonstrating understanding "teach back"
2. empowering to act as a safety double check
checklist .....ANSWER..... Algorithmic listing of actions to be
performed for a given clinical procedure designed to ensure that
no matter how often performed by a given clinician, no step will
be forgotten
reduce risk of slips
consensus of required behaviors
slips .....ANSWER..... failure of schematic (autopilot) behaviors
