Patient Safety: IHI PS 101 Introduction to Patient Safety Questions and Answers Graded A

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Patient Safety: IHI PS 101 Introduction to Patient Safety Questions and Answers Graded A According to WHO, in developed countries worldwide, what is the approximate likelihood that a hospitalized p... atient will be harmed while receiving care? ✔Ans✔ 10% According to WHO, in developed countries up to 10 percent of hospital patients may be harmed while receiving care. Since the publication of To Err Is Human in 1999, the health care industry overall has seen which of the following improvements? ✔Ans✔ Wider awareness that preventable errors are a problem More than a decade after the publication of To Err Is Human, there is now wide recognition throughout health care that the number of errors is way too high. Although this awareness has not yet led to consistently lower rates of preventable medical error, progress is being made. Health care organizations have begun to realize and accept that most errors cannot be linked to the performance of individuals, but rather to the systems in which they function. Safety has been called a "dynamic non-event" because when humans are in a potentially hazardous environment: ✔Ans✔ It takes significant work to ensure nothing bad happens The best answer is it takes significant work to ensure nothing bad happens. When things go right in a potentially hazardous environment, nothing bad happens. But in order for this "nonevent" of nothing going wrong to occur, a lot of things must be done right. Thus, safety has been described as a "dynamic non-event." To prevent this type of error from recurring in this unit, which of the following is MOST important? ✔Ans✔ An improved culture of safety and teamwork Had there been a culture of safety fostering better teamwork, this error may well have been prevented. In this case, when James asked Maria for help, she made him feel bad instead ofbeing a team player. In this type of environment, James may be reluctant to ask for help, even if he is more closely supervised. We can generally assume that health care providers do not want to harm their patients, so the threat of punishment is not the best way to prevent mistakes. Although errors may occur when there is no recognized best practice, in the case of IV fluid replacement, clear recommendations do exist. [Show More]

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