As a perioperative nurse, you know that the National Patient Safety Goals have the potential to improve patient outcomes in a wide variety of health care settings. Which of these Goals has the most direct relevance to the OR?
A) Improve safety related to medication use
B) Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls
C) Reduce the incidence of health care-associated infections
D) Reduce the risk of fires
Ans: D
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The National Patient Safety Goals all pertain to the perioperative areas, but the one with the most direct relevance to the OR is the reduction of the risk of surgical fires.
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