1.When verifying a patient's identity what is not an appropriate/approved identifier?

Patient's full name, i.e. first AND last name

Patient's full date of birth

Hospital CPI number

Patient's room number

Validated health card number (for example, OHIP)

Valid photo identification

2.What can the failure to correctly identify patients result in?

Medication errors

Transfusion errors

Testing errors

Wrong person procedures

Discharge of infants to wrong family 

All of the above

3.To correctly identify a patient how many approved identifiers are needed?

4

3

2

1

4.Is stating to the patient/client, "your date of birth is 1 January 1987" a correct way to identify a patient?

Yes

No

5.To prevent errors, when are patient/client identifiers verified?

At the time of registration/admission

Prior to administering a service

Prior to administering a medication

Prior to administering a treatment

Prior to administering a procedure

All of the above 

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