A nurse is a member of clinic's health and safety committee, and strategies for enhancing client and worker safety are being considered. How can the committee best implement the strategy of mistake-proofing?
A) ordering new oxygen tubing that cannot be inadvertently connected to a medical air port
B) placing reminders on all of the medication carts prompting nurses to the "rights" of medication administration
C) providing supplementary education to nurses about safe client transfers
D) assigning one nurse to administer all of the medication on a unit rather than dividing the task among the nurses
Ans: A
Feedback:
An example of mistake-proofing is the creation of tubing connections that are not interchangeable. This makes it nearly impossible to commit an error, such as giving a client medical air instead of oxygen. None of the other listed strategies make it physically or logistically impossible to commit an error.
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