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dakota nelson

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Examples of sentinel events include (select all that apply):
 
  a. Forceps left in an abdominal cavity.
  b. Patient fall, with injury.
  c. Short staffing.
  d. Administration of morphine overdose.
  e. Death of patient related to postpartum hemorrhage.

Question 2

Your institution has identified a recent rise in postsurgical infection rates. As part of your QI analysis, you are interested in determining how your infection rates compare with those of institutions of similar size and patient demographics.
 
  This is known as:
 
  a. Quality assurance.
  b. Sentinel data.
  c. Benchmarking.
  d. Statistical analysis.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, D, E
Sentinel events are serious, unexpected occurrences involving death or physical or psychological harm.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Benchmarking is a widespread search to identify the best performance against which to measure practices and processes.


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