Medical Error Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Needlessly Removing Caregiver/ Family
2. Scrub in Incorrectly
3. Inappropriate Surgical Setting
4. Breaking Sterile Field (Gown/Torso)
5. Suture Cut Incorrectly
6. Unlisted Error: __________ __________ __________
7. Primary Physician Cannot Be Reached
8. Excessive Outside Distractions
9. Breaking Sterile Field (Gloves/ Hands)
10. Critical Information Delayed
11. Wrong Dose of Medication
12. Overconfident Physician
13. Performing Procedure Outside Scope of Practice
14. Inadequate PPE
15. Poor History Taking
16. Performing Procedure Beyond Level of Skill/Training
17. Illegal Declaration of Death
18. Something Really Good: __________ __________ __________
19. External Pressure/ Rushing a Procedure
20. Poor Operating Room Set-Up
21. Lack of Physician Follow-Through
22. Failure to Offer Standard of Care
23. Bad Ergonomics
24. Unnecessarily Delaying Procedure
25. Specialist Essential to Procedure Absent
26. Failure to Share Important Information
27. Unstructured Sign-Out
28. Failure to Follow ACLS Protocol
29. Ineffective CPR
30. Failure to Fixate Equipment
31. Unsafe Foreign Objects in Operating Room
32. Failure to Provide Ventilation
33. Wrong Dose of Electricity
34. Talking About the Patient Like They Aren't There
35. Procedure Performed Incorrectly
36. Unlisted Error: __________ __________ __________
37. Early Cessation of Resuscitation Efforts
38. Making Excuses for Medical Errors
39. Incorrect Equipment
40. Wrong Defibrillator Setting
41. Prolonged Interruption of Compressions
42. Failure to Provide Oxygen
43. Closed Loop Communication Absent
44. Ineffective Defibrillation