Preventing Medical Errors: Lab Personnel - 2 Contact Hours /636890/

Preventing Medical Errors: Lab Personnel - 2 Contact Hours

20-636890

Florida Board Approved-- Prevention of Medical Errors - #50-20641

Course provided with both text and audio available for each chapter.

Reports to CE Broker within 24 Hours

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to provide professionals in the clinical lab with an understanding of what a medical error is, and how Root Cause Analysis identifies flawed processes and systems to prevent recurrences of those errors. It will also help professionals understand the best practices for their work against medical errors.

Learning Objectives

-Identify the two primary types of medical error

-Define an adverse event

-Explain the importance of near misses in preventing future medical errors

-Define a sentinel event

-Discuss best practices for clinical laboratory personnel to ensure accuracy and prevent medical errors.

-Explain how errors are analyzed and the role of Root Cause analysis in this process.

Course Curriculum

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Preventing Medical Errors: Lab Personnel- 2 Contact Hours
- Introduction
- Understanding the Critical Role of Clinical Labs
- Understanding Your Critical Role in Patient Care
- Role of the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
- Understanding the Concept: Total Testing Process
- Patient Safety Errors
- Data Sources
- Patient Safety Goals
- Frequency of Medical Errors
- Defining Medical Errors
- What Should Be Reported
- Sentinel Events
- Common Types of Medical Errors
- Analyzing and Preventing Medical Errors
- Conclusion
- References
- Quiz
- Course Evaluation

About the instructor

Administrator

Mike Krause