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