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The Board of Hospital A wants to know how Hospital A's safety performance in central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) compares to that of other hospitals in their region. Which data display would best...
CPPS Practice Exam/ Verified Questions with
Answers & Rationales/ 2024-2025.
The Board of Hospital A wants to know how Hospital A's safety performance in central line
associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) compares to that of other hospitals in their region.
Which data display would best inform them for that decision? - Answer: a. Control charts of
overall infection rate by quarter for the past two years for each hospital in the region
b. A table indicating the CLABSI infection rates of all hospitals in the region relative to the
National Healthcare Safety Network benchmark for CLABSI infections for the past 2 years
c. A written report summarizing the current CLABSI prevention protocols of each hospital in the
region
d. A table showing the number of CLABSI infections in each hospital in the region by quarter for
the past 2 years
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, The answer is B. A table indicating the CLABSI infection rates of all hospitals in the region
relative to the National Healthcare Safety Network benchmark for CLABSI infections for the past
2 years - Answer:
Your organization utilizes a "home grown" electronic safety event reporting system that is no
longer meeting the needs of the organization. Hospital administration is asking for your opinion
for next steps. What next steps would you take to identify a replacement system? - Answer: a.
Ask information systems to either fix the old one or build a new one
b. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state
c. Poll colleagues and purchase what they use
d. Purchase the lease expensive software and grow with it
The answer is B. Identify key stakeholders and perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal
state - Answer:
You are educating clinical managers in your healthcare facility on how to identify appropriate
events for conducting a Root Cause Analysis. Which event provides the best opportunity for an
RCA? - Answer: a. A post-op patient removes his own IV causing a skin tear from the tape
b. A patient with no known allergies experiences an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic
requiring transfer to ICU.
c. The biopsy samples from a colonoscopy are never received by pathology after the procedure
d. There have been 3 occurrences of depressed respirations in the same department in the last
4 months related to sedation
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