Patient Safety 1 – Epidemiology of Error

ASCP Patient Safety has been designed to promote a culture of safety and to eliminate preventable patient harm by engaging, educating, and equipping Pathologists and Lab Professionals to institutionalize case-based safety practices.

Featuring interactive media and graphics, this program will teach essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes that can improve patient safety.

This module fulfills CMP requirement(s) for Laboratory or Patient Safety (as well as Medical Ethics.)

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Define medical errors based on the Institute of Medicine’s definition of the term.
Describe the different types of errors that can occur.
Categorize the different classes of errors that can occur in the workplace.
Define a connection error and how it relates to communication...

Define medical errors based on the Institute of Medicine’s definition of the term.
Describe the different types of errors that can occur.
Categorize the different classes of errors that can occur in the workplace.
Define a connection error and how it relates to communication problems.
Contrast different examples of communication problems.
Analyze the consequence of communication problems and how they relate to Patient Safety.
Define the concept of a pathway and how it relates to information flow.
Contrast different examples of pathway errors.
Analyze the consequences of pathway errors and how they relate to Patient Safety.
Define Human Performance as well as its attributes.
Explain Active and Latent Errors as they relate to Human Performance.
Recognize the classification of Cognitive, Organizational and Physical Failures.
Describe examples of Human Performance errors in Pathology.
Describe how Biologic Variation affects Patient Safety.
Explain how Patient Preference may affect Patient Safety.
Define the Levels of Care.
Describe how organizations affect the quality of care through information flow.
Explain how staffing levels for an organization can affect Patient Safety.
Define technical errors as they relate to Patient Safety.
Analyze ways to measure technical errors.
Discuss frequency of technical errors.
Describe the common sources for pathology related technical errors.
Analyze the impact of technical errors.
Apply standard lab policy and procedures as well as variability’s in inter-laboratory policy and procedures.
Demonstrate the specific elements of document control that are required by the CAP.
Describe CAP suggested practices for record-keeping compliance with proficiency testing.
Explain the Joint Commission policy regarding sentinel events.
Define latent and active failures along with their respective categories.
Demonstrate practices that can reduce latent and active failures in your laboratory.

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