BUMEDINST 6010.13

Question 1

What is the abbreviation CQI?

Answer 1

Continuous Quality Improvment

Question 2

Routine QA program related documentation must be maintained in a secure location for a period of how many years before disposal?

Answer 2

5 years

Question 3

What is the abbreviation PCE?

Answer 3

Potentially Compensable event

Question 4

QA inquires and medical records related to PCEs, and Judge Advocate General investigations must be maintained by the command for a minimum of how many years?

Answer 4

2 years

Question 5

How often should a QA program be reviewed for effectiveness?

Answer 5

annually

Question 6

What are the standing committees an inpatient fixed MTF must have?

Answer 6

ECOMS
QA Committee
Safety Committee
Infection Control Committee

Question 7

What is the abbreviation ECOMS?

Answer 7

Executive committee of the medical staff

Question 8

What are the standing committees a fixed ambulatory care medical facility must have?

Answer 8

ECOMS

QA Committee

Question 9

How often does the Naval School of Health Sciences, Bethesda MD conduct educational workshops in the principles, components, and management of QA programs?

Answer 9

two workshops per year

Question 10

MTFs and DTFs must send the the preceding fiscal year’s QA programs assessment to BUMED by what date?

Answer 10

15 January

Question 11

A medical record is considered delinquent if all required components are not completed within how how many days of discharge?

Answer 11

30 days

Question 12

An infection is considered nosocomial if it first becomes apparent how many hours after admission?

Answer 12

72 hours or more

Question 13

What term describes an event or outcome during the process of medical care in which a patient suffers a lack of improvement, injury, or illness of severity greater than ordinarily experienced by patients with similar procedures?

Answer 13

Potentially Compensable Event (PCE)

Question 14

What classification of disability/injury would a single episode of postoperative sepsis be considered?

Answer 14

Temporary

Question 15

What are the classifications of disability/injury?

Answer 15

None or Minor
Temporary
Long-Term Permanent

Question 16

What classification of disability/injury would an incisional hernia be considered?

Answer 16

Temporary

Question 17

What classification of disability/injury would a missed diagnosis of fracture recognized at a later date and healing with no residual deformity be considered?

Answer 17

None or Minor

Question 18

What classification of disability/injury would a fractured tooth during anesthesia be considered?

Answer 18

Temporary

Question 19

What classification of disability/injury would a fall with resultant neurological injury be considered?

Answer 19

Long-term Permanent

Question 20

What classification of disability/injury would a fall with laceration or Fx be considered?

Answer 20

Temporary

Question 21

What classification of disability/injury would a healed forearm fracture with loss of motor function in wrist/elbow be considered?

Answer 21

Long-term Permanent

Question 22

What classification of disability/injury would postoperative inadvertent retention of a foreign body be considered?

Answer 22

Long-term/Permanent

Question 23

What classification of disability/injury would loss of life other than terminal illness be considered?

Answer 23

Long-term/Permanenet

Question 24

What term describes the structured approach which continuously analyzes clinical and administrative processes within pre-established boundaries using various analytic tables?

Answer 24

Continuous Quality Improvement

Question 25

What is the quality assurance instruction?

Answer 25

BUMEDINST 6010.13