1. In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory requirements,a
hospital is creating an antimicrobial stewardship committee. What should be the
first step in supporting this new patient safety initiativ
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1. In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory requirements,a
hospital is creating an antimicrobial stewardship committee. What should be the
first step in supporting this new patient safety initiative?
A. Reach out to subject matter experts to gain insight on different complianceissues.
B. Work with information technology (IT) to build antibiotic indication andtime-out
screens.
C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current state toideal
state.
D. Review the past year's data to identify the most commonly grown pathogens.
Answer: C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of currentstate
to ideal state.
2. After implementing a new product recall system, a hospital was alerted to a highrisk medication recall. This medication is in stock in the emergency department and
oncology unit.To ensure the effectiveness of the new system,a patient safety
professional should:
A. require individual departments to verify that a search for the recalledmedication
was performed.
B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medication was se-questered.
C. reconcile the number of doses administered to the number of doses pur-chased.
D. notify the affected units via fax to remove recalled meds and to post recall
notices in the units
Answer: B. ensure an on-site visit verifies that the recalled medicationwas
sequestered.
3. An organization is implementing a standardized surgical safety checklist and
encounters resistance from the perioperative staff. To improve staff en- gagement, a
patient safety professional should:
A. prepare a business case for the implementation of the checklist.
B. present evidence that checklist use reduces practice variability.
C. assure staff that anesthesia is responsible for the checklist.
D. delegate checklist enforcement to nursing.
Answer: B. present evidence that checklistuse reduces practice variability.
4. An organization has achieved 92% compliance with a process measure. The
patient safety professional believes that the processes in place are not reliable or that
the results are attributable to luck.Which of the following bestdescribes this
characteristic?
A. appreciative inquiry
B. commitment to resilience
C. deference to expertise
D. preoccupation with failure
Answer: D. preoccupation with failure
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