Quality Improvement Flashcards
A procedure to identify potential failure within a system is:
FMEA
A cause-and-effect diagram is also known as:
Fishbone chart
How many basic steps are involved in the creation of a TPM?
5
The number of items actually measured from a population is called a:
Sample
The range of variation around the mean is called:
Standard deviation
What is a pictorial representation of a frequency distribution?
Histogram
What term best describes a chart that pictorially demonstrates whether key indicators are moving up or down over a given period of time?
Trend chart
Which of the following terms best describes the average set of observations?
Mean
Which of the following terms best describes variables that have only two values or choices?
Dichotomous variables
Which of the following is not a tool for data presentation?
Brainstorming
Any activity that costs a facility either money or its reputation is known as
Loss potential
Customers who come from outside the healthcare organization are generally referred to as
External customers
How many levels of quality control testing and monitoring are there?
Three
Invasive quality control equipment testing is considered to be
Complex
The measurement of the level of quality at some point in time with no effort to change or improve the level of care is known as quality:
Assessment
Which federal agency is responsible for establishing standards for safety and for monitoring the workplace environment?
OSHA
Which of the following statements is correct about the 80/20 rule?
Twenty percent of the causes result in 80% of the problems.
What is the average amount of background radiation per year in the United States?
360 mrem
Members of the general public who may be exposed to frequent or continuous exposure from artificial sources other than medical exposure have a recommended maximum effective dose equivalent of _____ rem/year.
0.1
The maximum dose to the fetus of an occupational worker for the entire gestation period is _____ rem.
0.5
