| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part I. Concepts -- Patient Identification / Dea M. Hughes -- Teamwork and Communication / Joseph Conigliaro -- Handoff and Care Transitions / Mei-Sing Ong and Enrico Coiera -- Graduate Medical Education and Patient Safety / Jeanne M. Farnan and Vineet M. Arora -- Electronic Health Record and Patient Safety / Ken Ong and Regina Cregin -- Clinical Ethics and Patient Safety / Erin A. Egan -- Part II. Examples -- Medication Error / Mei Kong and Abdul Mondul -- Medication Reconciliation Error / Robert J. Weber and Susan Moffatt-Bruce -- Retained Surgical Items / Verna C. Gibbs -- Wrong-Site Surgery / Patricia Ann O'Neill and Eric N. Klein -- Transfusion-Related Hazards / Barbara Rabin Fastman and Harold S. Kaplan -- Hospital-Acquired Infections / Ethan D. Fried -- Hospital Falls / Cynthia J. Brown and Rebecca S. (Suzie) Miltner -- Pressure Ulcers / Grace M. Blaney and Monica Santoro -- Diagnostic Error / Satid Thammasitboon, Supat Thammasitboon and Geeta Singhal -- Part III. Special Considerations -- Patient Safety in Pediatrics / Erin Stucky Fisher -- Patient Safety in Radiology / Alan Kantor and Stephen Waite -- Patient Safety in Anesthesia / Brian Bush B.A. and Rebecca S. Twersky -- Patient Safety in Behavioral Health / Renuka Ananthamoorthy and Robert J. Berding -- Patient Safety in Outpatient Care / Urmimala Sarkar -- Part IV. Organizational Issues -- Error Disclosure / Bryan A. Liang and Kimberly M. Lovett -- The Culture of Safety / Alberta T. Pedroja -- Second Victim / Susan D. Scott and Kristin Hahn-Cover |
| Summary |
Despite the evolution and growing awareness of patient safety, many medical professionals are not a part of this important conversation. Clinicians often believe they are too busy taking care of patients to adopt and implement patient safety initiatives and that acknowledging medical errors is an affront to their skills. Patient Safety provides clinicians with a better understanding of the prevalence, causes and solutions for medical errors; bringing best practice principles to the bedside. Written by experts from a variety of backgrounds, each chapter features an analysis of clinical cases based on the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodology, along with case-based discussions on various patient safety topics. The systems and processes outlined in the book are general and broadly applicable to institutions of all sizes and structures. The core ethic of medical professionals is to do no harm. Patient Safety is a comprehensive resource for physicians, nurses and students, as well as healthcare leaders and administrators for identifying, solving and preventing medical error |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical errors -- Prevention.
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Patients -- Safety measures
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Medical Errors -- prevention & control
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Safety Management
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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Médecine.
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Medical errors -- Prevention
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Patients -- Safety measures
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Agrawal, Abha, editor
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| ISBN |
9781461474197 |
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1461474191 |
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