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