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Title Foundations in patient safety for health professionals / edited by Kimberly A. Galt, Karen A. Paschal
Published Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2011]
©2011

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Description xxi, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Key concepts in patient safety -- Keeping the patient safe -- Safety improvement is in professional practice -- Safety improvement is in systems -- Safety improvement is achieved within organizations -- Culture of safety in healthcare settings -- Why things go wrong -- What to do when things go wrong -- Safe patient care systems -- The use of evidence to improve safety
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Hospitals -- Safety measures.
Medical errors -- Prevention.
Medication errors -- Prevention.
Medical Errors -- prevention & control.
Patient Care -- methods.
Risk Assessment.
Safety Management -- methods.
SUBJECT United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Author Galt, Kimberly A.
Paschal, Karen A.
LC no. 2009035642
ISBN 9780763763381 (alk. paper)
0763763381 (alk. paper)