Patient Safety Awareness Course for House Officer No.

1/2017
1. What is the definition of patient safety?
a. Healthcare management for patient safety
b. To keep patient in hospital environment during process of health care
c. Patient to feel safe while seeking treatment in Hospital
d. Absence of preventable harm to a patient during process of health care

2. These are the objectives of implementing patient safety program EXCEPT

a. Understand the principal of Patient Safety
b. Aware of common mistakes made by House Officer and the way to prevent it
c. To be trained in Malaysia Patient Safety Goals (MPSG) reporting
d. Understand the role of health practitioners in improving patient safety

3. How many goals are there in Malaysia Patient Safety Goals (MPSG)?
a. 13 goals
b. 10 goals
c. 15 goals
d. 11 goals

4. The following pairs constitute 2-identifiers EXCEPT

a. Patient full name and Medical Registration Number (MRN)
b. Patient full name and identification card (IC) number
c. Bed number and patient name
d. Patient identification card (IC) number & MRN

5. Which of the following common mistakes might lead directly to litigation?

a. Not complying to hand hygiene practice
b. Incomplete documentation of consent for procedure
c. Not following clinical rounds
d. Not learning from past incidents
6. X + Safe Practice = Patient Safety. What is X?
a. Safe Procedure
b. Systemic Approach
c. Safety Thinking
d. Safety Precaution

7. What is Malaysian theme for Safe Surgery Saves Lives Initiative?

a. Safer Surgery to Save Lives
b. Safer Surgery through Better Communication
c. Safer Surgery Involve Patient & Family
d. Safer Surgery through Better Teamworl

8. The first thing you should check to prevent wrong surgery

a. Antibiotic has been given
b. Make sure time out is carried out properly
c. Make sure the white board is written
d. Ask the patient allergies and current medication

9. Below are your expected role as house officer in ensuring safe surgery & invasive
procedure EXCEPT:
a. Make sure the patient who will undergo surgery is the correct patient
b. Make sure the patient will undergo the correct procedure at the correct site
c. Breaking bad news following unsafe surgery
d. Observe and understand the procedure before performing or assisting

10. Below are the content of a “white board” in operation theater:

i) Time when the operation had finished
ii) Name of the circulating nurse a. i, ii and iii
iii) Name of the procedure b. ii, iii and iv
iv) Name of the anesthetist c. ii and iii
d. All of the above
11. The following are components of the ISBAR method, EXCEPT
a. Information
b. Situation
c. Assessment
d. Introduction

12. What are the actual learning objectives for effective communications to improve patient
safety?
a. Understand the importance of effective communication
b. Illustrate how effective communication can improve patient safety
c. Learn the basic concept of effective communication and its barrier
d. All of the above

13. What are the sequences of basic communication concept?

a. Decode message receiver message medium encode message send
b. Message to send message medium decode encode message receiver
c. Message to send encode message medium decode message receiver
d. Message to send decode message medium encode message receiver.

14. Which of the following is a personal barrier to an effective communication?

a. Disruption
b. Fatigue
c. Weather
d. Noise

15. What is the sequence of patient safety assertion model?

a. Get person attention express concern state problem propose action reach deicision
b. Sate problem get person attention propose action express concern reach decision
c. Express concern state problem propose action get person attention reach decision
d. Propose action state problem get person attention express concern reach decision
16. Why healthcare associated infection (HCAI) is a major problem worldwide?
a. Increase patient suffering
b. Increase economic burden
c. Resistant to treatment
d. All of above

17. Which of the following is NOT the common healthcare associated infection (HCAI)?
a. Urinary Tract Infection
b. Otitis Media
c. Blood Stream Infection
d. Surgical Site Infection

18. These are the transmission route of healthcare associated infection (HCAI) EXCEPT:
a. Direct contact
b. Droplet transmission
c. Vectors borne transmission
d. Airborne transmission

19. Airborne precaution include:

a. Hand washing
b. Negative pressure room with door closed
c. Wear N95 mask
d. All of the above

20. What is antimicrobial?

a. Antibiotic
b. Antibiotic and antiviral only
c. Antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal and anti-malarial
d. Antibiotic and antifungal only
21. What is antimicrobial resistance (AMR)?
a. AMR is the ability of microbes to resist the effect of antimicrobials
b. AMR means our body becomes resistant to antimicrobials
c. AMR is the effectiveness of antimicrobials
d. AMR is deficiency of host immune system

22. Which is true regarding good prescribing practice?

a. Use abbreviations
b. Use trade name for medication
c. Use leading zero before decimal point
d. Use trailing zero after decimal point

23. “LASA” stands for?

a. Look Alike Similar Alike
b. Look Alike Sound Alike
c. Look Alike Smell Alike
d. Look Alike Stand Alike

24. The following are the steps to reduce risk of medication error EXCEPT?
a. Tailor prescribing for individual patient
b. Take complete medication history
c. Report and learn from error
d. Confident in prescribing without double checking

25. The following are the common errors occurred during drug administration process
EXCEPT:
a. Drug given as intravenous(IV) bolus instead of IV infusion
b. Drug given twice daily instead once daily
c. Oral medication are given as IV
d. Double confirm patient details to ensure right patient receive the right medication