Patient Safety & Quality Improvement USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 72-year-old man is admitted for pneumonia. On hospital day 3, he falls while walking to the bathroom unassisted at night. He sustains a hip fracture requiring surgical repair. The root cause analysis identifies that the patient was not assessed for fall risk on admission and no fall prevention measures were implemented. Which type of error does this scenario best represent?
Answer choices
- AError of omissionCorrect answer
- BTechnical error
- CDiagnostic error
- DError of commission
- ECommunication error
- FMedication administration error
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