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