Patient Safety Week2

Question 1

What is patient safety

Answer 1

Is the avoidance of unintended or unexpected harm to people during the provision of healthcare

Should be in a safe environment and protected from avoidable harm

Question 2

State the foundations of the NHS patient safety visions

Answer 2

To continuously improve patient safety

2 foundation; patient safety culture and safety system

Improve understanding of safety by looking at different sources of patient safety info

Equipped patients and staff with the skills and opportunities to improve patient safety

Designing and supporting programmes that deliver effective and sustainable change

Question 3

What are the 4 key aims to effective patient safety incident response

Answer 3

Compassionate engagement and involvement of those affected by patient safety incident

Be application of a range of system based approaches to learn from incidents

Considered and proportionate response to incidents

Focus on strengthening response system functioning and improvement

Question 4

Define never events?

Answer 4

These are serious and preventable incidents that shouldn’t occur if health care providers have implemented existing nationl guidance

Question 5

What are some technology errors

Answer 5

Errors in electronic health records
Software bugs/hacks
Human error
Drop down menu/pick list
System unavailable for use or limited functionality
Pop ups

Question 6

What are radiography errors

Answer 6

Number and type of radiographic views
Patient positioning

Inappropriate use of Collimation

Under or overexposure

Images- need to be calibrated properly, high resolution =, grey scale and luminance to prevent interpretation error

Question 7

What are our professional responsibilities

Answer 7

Responsible for my knowledge kills behaviour and actions

If unsure - speak up

Confirm every room I work in has passed QC that month

Double check everything
Communicate

Question 8

What is information governance

Answer 8

Legal frame work governing use of confidential data in health care

Allows personal data to be shared between those offering care directly

Secondary use - research planning quality improvement

Question 9

What should you do with pop ups

Answer 9

Always read them and check for any error and information in them

Question 10

What are checklists

Answer 10

List for safety standards and procedures
Staff and department should collaborate to develop this
Staff should challenge areas of concerns before,after,and during procedures