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