FINALS : Labor Standards in Global Perspectives Flashcards
1
Q
- Prevent medical errors
- Protect patient from harm
A
Patient safety
2
Q
WHY PATIENT SAFETY GOALS
- To promote specific ____ in patient safety.
- To highlight ____ areas in healthcare and describe evidence and expert-based consensus solutions to these problems.
A
- improvements
- problematic
3
Q
What are the 7 International Patient Safety Goals?
A
Patient Safety Goal 1: Identify Patient Correctly
Patient Safety Goal 2: Improve Effective Communication
Patient Safety Goal 3: Improve the Safety of High Alert Medication
Patient Safety Goal 4: Ensure Safe Surgery
Patient Safety Goal 5: Reduce the Risk of Healthcare Associated Infection
Patient Safety Goal 6: Reduce the Risk of Patient Harm Resulting from Falls
4
Q
Can the patient’s room number be used as patient identifier?
A
No
5
Q
When do you need to identify a patient?
A
- When giving any treatment.
- When doing any procedure.
6
Q
Failures to correctly identify the patients lead to:
A
- Medication Error
- Transfusion Error
- Testing Error
- Wrong Person Procedure