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