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