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18 Cards in this Set
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Which system collects data on error for internal and external monitoring |
Event reporting system |
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Human factor design component |
1- Checklist 2- Electronic medical records 3- Verifying patients identification prior to procedures |
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Clinical pathways, guideline and checklist are examples of what type of human factor design |
Standardization Improve process reliability |
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Electrical medical records are what type of human factor design |
Simplification To reduce wasteful activity |
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PDSA cycle |
Plan - Define problem and solution Do- Test new process Study - measure and analyze data Act - integrate new process into workflow |
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Function of the PDSA model |
Process improvement model to test changes |
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Quality measurements |
1- Structural - physical equipment, resources and faculty 2- Process - Performance of system as planned 3- Outcome - Impact on patients 4- Balancing - Impact on other system and outcome |
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Swiss cheese model |
Prevent harm in the system however harm can occur when the holes line up |
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Types of medical errors |
Active error Latent error Never events Near misses |
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Active error |
1- Occur at the level of frontline operator 2- Immediate effect |
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Latent Error |
1- Occur in the process indirectly from the operator 2- Impact on patients care 3- Accident waiting to happen |
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Never events |
1- Adverse events that are identifiable serious and usually preventable 2- Must never happen |
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Near miss |
Error does not harm the patient |
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Burn out |
1- Stress 2- Detachment/ Depersonalization 3- Lack of fulfillment/ accomplishment 4- Lack of interest/ attention 5- Decrease immunity 6- Medical error due to lack of interest |
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Fatigue |
1- Lack of energy 2- Sleep deprivation 3- Cognitive impairment 4- Medical error due to compromised intellectual function |
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Medical error analysis |
Root cause analysis Failure mode and effect analysis |
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Root cause analysis |
1- Retrospective approach 2- Applied after failure to prevent occurrence |
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Failure mode and effect analysis |
1- Forward looking approach 2- Applied before occurrence |