Orientation to Patient Safety
Instructor:
Kevin F. Foley PhD, MT, DABCC, Michael Astion, MD PhD
Contact Hours:
1.0
Date:
September 29, 2026 - August 31, 2028
Description:
Introduction to patient safety culture, patient injury investigation, and laboratory error and injury classification.
Learning Objectives:
- Give one reason why a lab may find it challenging to develop a patient safety culture
- Define adverse event and potential adverse event
- Besides incident reports, name 2 other sources of cases where lab errors harmed patients
- Give an example of how to use the lab information system and provider interviews to detect a lab-related adverse event
- Compare and contrast noncognitive errors and cognitive errors
- Given a case of a lab error that harmed a patient, determine the phase of testing when it occurred and if it was preventable. If it was preventable, determine if it was a cognitive or noncognitive error
- List two important factors in prioritizing patient safety projects