Patient Safety Quizzes & Trivia

Why is there a need to learn patient safety? This is easy - there is a need to prevent potential errors that may worsen the condition of patients that are under the care of those who are in the medical field. There are possible adverse effects that may occur when a staff member or even doctors do improper patient care. Health care has genuinely become more active over the past years.

There are now new treatments, new methods that are being followed to ensure that patients will receive the best care possible. However, this has also made the processes that should be monitored more complex and complicated. Patient care will make it clear to everyone what things they should do and what things they should avoid ensuring the health of their patients.

Hey, are you familiar with all six International Patient Safety Goals? If you are then how well? Joint Commission International, in the year 2006, developed the IPSG in the adaption from JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goals....

Questions: 40 | Attempts: 1990 | Last updated: Dec 23, 2020

Sample Question
IPSG stands for?

International Patient Surgery Goal

International Police Station Goals

International Patient Safety Goals

International Public Safety Goals

Safe Patient Handling Quiz

This quiz is for everyone who in a way or the other comes into contact with patients. Safe patient handling quiz below will help you know if you have been doing the right thing in regard to the subject.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 712 | Last updated: Jan 12, 2018

Sample Question
This Safe Patient Handling and Movement Policy (SPHM) provides procedures and responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of a SPHM program that integrates evidence-based practice and technology to minimize human and capital expenses associated with employee injuries caused by patient handling and movement.

True

False

National Patient Safety Goals

Quick quiz regarding NPSG # 2: Improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 2173 | Last updated: Jul 30, 2011

Sample Question
Which of the following is not an example of NPSG # 2

Reading back Verbal Orders

Creating a List of Abbreviations Not to Use

Impementing a Fall Reduction Program

Mananging Hand-Off Communications

Patient Safety Trivia Questions: Quiz!

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 521 | Last updated: Dec 23, 2020

Sample Question
Consider and treat all blood and body fluids as potentially infectious. Attention to hand hygiene, correct use of Personal Protective Equipment, and practicing standard & transmission-based precautions are not essential for health care workers in providing a safe infection control environment for all.

True

False

Patient Safety Jeopardy

Test your knowledge of our patient safety program and goals and general principles of promoting patient safety.

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 383 | Last updated: Aug 21, 2020

Sample Question
If you answer a telephone call from Laboratory to report critical tests results, you should:

Ask the Lab to page the ordering provider

Memorize the values and document the information later when you have time to open that patient's record False

Hand the phone to someone else to record and report the information

Record and "read back" the complete test result, patient name, and date of birth

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