Med Safety
In the news
DRH Safety Education
Who's Who
Surveys and Inspections
100
The device that provides storage of medications in the clinical area.
What is Omnicell
100
The 1999 report that put patient safety in the headlines
What is IOM Report/ Do No Harm ?
100
Annual interactive event to educate staff about safety
What is DRH Safety Expo?
100
Is responsible for patient safety at DRH
What is EVERYONE?
100
Inspects DRH for fire safety
Who is the City of Durham Fire Marshall?
200
High alert medication
What is the type of medication that even when used correctly can pose a significant safety risk?
200
Medical errors
What was this headline referring to: More deaths than if a jumbo jet fell out of the sky every day
200
Yearly event where nationally known safety experts deliver timely presentations
What is the DUHS Annual Patient Safety and Quality Conference?
200
DRH Medication Safety Officer
Who is jimmy Greenlee?
200
Investigates complaints for Centers for Medicaid and Medicare at a state level
What is DHSR?
300
The act of one clinician confirming the 5 rights performed by another clinican
What is an independent double check?
300
An event involving actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins in 2008
Whatis Heparin or Medication Error/Oversdose?
300
National and International Medication Safety resource published biweekly
What is/are ISMP newletters or alerts?
300
DRH Patient Safety Officer
Who is Dr Barbara Griffith ?
300
When is DRH expecting their next survey by the Joint Commission?
What is the fall of 2015?
400
Computerized Physician Order Entry ( CPOE or Maestro Care)
What is the computer application that allows providers to place orders for their patients?
400
Staff preparation and training for patients with Ebola
Why is a nurse suing the Texas Hospital where she works?
400
Best Practices/ Evidence Based Practices
What is the standard used to assess the level of practice in medical care?
400
DUHS Chief Patient Safety Officer
Who is Dr Karen Frush?
400
Includes : patient identification, blood transfusion identifers, communication of citical test results, safe medication practices, infection prevention, suicide prevention assessment and the universal protocol.
What are the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals?
500
The name of system that applies predefined infusion parameters to DRH /DUHS infusion pumps
What is Guardrails?
500
Father leaves hospital carrying a plastic bag
What is infant abduction?
500
National Patient Safety Foundation
Which national organization provides the exam for certification in patient safety?
500
Director of the Duke Patient Safety Center
Who is Dr Bryan Sexton?