Patient Safety Jeopardy

Patient Safety Goals

100

This is done to make sure that each patient gets the correct medicine and treatment.

Identify patients correctly

200

Make improvements to ensure medical equipment are heard and responded to on time.

Use alarms safely

300

Use the hand cleaning guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization.

Prevent infection

400

Reduce the risk for suicide.

Identify patient safety risks

500

Make sure that the correct surgery is done on the correct patient and at the correct place on the patient’s body.

Prevent mistakes in surgery.

Make Patient Safety Happen

100

Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Morris Heights Health Center

Patient Safety Committee Chair

200

Sung during hands washing for compliance with hand hygiene 

Happy Birthday song

300

Prednisone and Prednisolone, Dopamine and Dobutamine, and Dimenhydrinate and Diphenhydramine.

Look-alike sound-alike medications

400

An annual health observance sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Patient Safety Awareness Week

500

17 Recommendations to Advance Patient Safety

National Action Plan

Name the place

100

Ranked 47th worst in the country in terms of hospital safety

New York

200

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta

300

Four out of every 10 patients are harmed in ------ care

Primary and Outpatient Settings

400

One in every 10 patients is harmed while receiving ------ care

Hospital Settings

500

Annual Institute of Healthcare Improvement Patient Safety Congress 

Boston

Code It

100

He is got a gun

Code silver

200

I broadcast it when there is a medical emergency 

Code blue

300

I can't find my kid

Code Amber

400

Security guard can't hold them

Code gray

500

It smells like burnt toast

Code red