Surgical Safety

Question 1

Injury that was caused by medical management and that results in measurable disability

Answer 1

Adverse event

Question 2

Failure of a planned action to be completed as intented or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim (can include problems in practice, products, procedures, systems )

Answer 2

Error

Question 3

An adverse event that is attributable to eror

Answer 3

Preventable adverse effect

Question 4

And adverse even resulting froma. Complication that cannot be prevented given the current state of knowledge

Answer 4

Unpreventable adverse event

Question 5

A event or situation that could hav resulted in accident, injury or illness but did not, tierh by chance or through timely intervention

Answer 5

Near miss

Question 6

An adverse event or near miss that is preventable with the current state of medical knowledge

Answer 6

Medical error

Question 7

A regularly interacting or interdependent group items forming a unified whole

Answer 7

System

Question 8

An error that is not the result of an individual’s actions but the predictable outcome of a series of actions and factors that make up a diagnostic or treatment process

Answer 8

Systems error