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