Patient Safety Jeopardy

People

100

President and CEO of the Leapfrog group

Who is Leah Binder

200

This nurse became famous after her medication error in 2017 led to the death of a patient in a Tennessee hospital. Her trial and sentencing caused many nurses to ask themselves could I be next?

Who is RaDonda Vaught

300

Death of this New York child led to a nationwide movement to address the early recognition and treatment of sepsis 

 Who is Rory Staunton

400

Physician and professor who has worked tirelessly to reduce medical errors in healthcare. 

Who is Dr. Lucian Leape

500

This scientist is best known for his discovery of penicillin which started the antibiotic revolution and allowed him to receive the Nobel Prize

 Who is Alexander Fleming 

Patient Safety Practices

100

Performing this action is the number one evidence-based method to prevent infection.

What is Hand Hygiene?

200

Topics originated by the Joint Commission to promote and enforce major changes in patient safety in thousands of participating health care organizations in the United States.

What are the National Patient Safety Goals?

300

This strategy and tool is used to enhance performance and Patient safety 

What is Team STEPPS

400

Used to assess a patient's likelihood of falling 

What is the Morse Fall Risk Assessment 

500

Practice used to prevent wrong site, wrong person surgery

What is a Time out 

Medication Safety

100

Discrepancies observed in the count of these medications must be immediately investigated

What are controlled substances ?

200

An interdisciplinary process comparing a complete list of medications that the patient has been taking prior to admission, with the medications that will be provided during hospitalization; performed at pre-admission, admission and/or at time of transfer or discharge.

What is MEDICATION RECONCILIATION?

300

What you must do to medication or solution which is transferred from the original packaging to another container.

What is label the container?

400

These stickers are placed on all drug storage bins to prevent confusion in medications that may have similar packaging or appearance or sound alike

What are Look Alike/Sound Alike stickers 

500

Medications that bear a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm if they are used in error

What are High Alert Medications?

Acronyms & Abbreviations

100

Examples include QD., qod, U, IU, MS, MSO4, MgSO4, 

What is the DO NOT USE ABBREVIATIONS list? or the DO NOT USE List 

200

3 C's initiative recently launched at South Brooklyn Health 

What is Connect Continue Complete?

300

The primary objective of SBAR is to provide a standardized form of communication between caregivers in providing accurate, clear and complete information during transitions (“hand-offs”) in patient care. The acronym SBAR represents . . .

What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR)?

400

Examples include central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), surgical site infections (SSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), clostridium difficile infection (CDI), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).

What are Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)?

500

FMEA is a systematic, proactive method for evaluating a process to identify the parts of the process that are most in need of change. The acronym FMEA represents . . .

What is Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)?

Patient-Focused Items

100

The name of the scale used at time of admission to determine a patient's risk for skin breakdown.

What is the BRADEN scale?

200

This form is used to monitor the infection control and safety practices surrounding the insertion of central venous access 

What is a CLIP form 

300

These two patient identifiers are used prior to administering medications, performing treatments, obtaining and labeling any specimens at bedside, and prior to administering any blood products.

What is the patient's NAME and DATE OF BIRTH (DOB)?

400

Widely recognized as the Gold Standard for suicide screening in the US.

What is the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale 

500

You are a nurse and approached by a family member of one of your patients. She indicates that her Mom (patient) appears to be "not right." After assessing the patient you determine you need help. Who do you call for additional assistance?

What is the Rapid Response Team?