Question

1. Label each event as a psychological or physical injury
2. Label each event as one of the four categories of safety risks in a health care agency

Unintended retention of a foreign body — 116 reported
Fall — 114
Wrong-patient, wrong-site, wrong-procedure — 95
Suicide — 89
Delay in treatment — 66
Other unanticipated event, such as asphyxiation, burn, choking on food, drowning or being found unresponsive — 60
Criminal event — 37
Medication error — 32
Operative/postoperative complication — 19
Self-inflicted injury — 18

Answer 1

1. Physical injury

2. Physical injury

3. Physical injury

4. Psychological and physical injury

5. Physical injury

6. Physical

7. Physical

8. Physical

9. Physical

10. Psychological