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Understanding patient safety / Robert M. Wachter. / by: McGraw Hill Medical

By: Wachter, Robert MMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Medical c2008Description: xix, 298 p. ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780071482776 (alk. paper : pbk.); 0071482776 (alk. paper : pbk)Subject(s): Medical errors -- Prevention | Public Health | Patients -- Safety measures | Medicine -- Practice -- Safety measures | Medical Errors -- prevention & control | Safety Management -- methods | საზოგადოებრივი ჯანდაცვა | სამედიცინო შეცდომებიDDC classification: 610.28/9 LOC classification: R729.8 | .W335 2008
Contents:
The nature and frequency of medical errors and adverse events -- Basic principles of patient safety -- Safety versus quality--Medication errors -- Surgical errors -- Diagnostic errors -- Human factors and errors at the person-machine interface -- Transition and handoff errors -- Teamwork and communcation errors -- Nosocomial infections -- Other complications of healthcare -- Patient safety in the ambulatory setting -- Information technology -- Reporting systems, incident investigations, and other methods of understanding safety issues -- Creating a culture of safety -- Workforce issues -- Training issues -- The malpractice system -- Accountability -- Law and regulations -- The role of patients -- Organizing a safety program.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature and frequency of medical errors and adverse events -- Basic principles of patient safety -- Safety versus quality--Medication errors -- Surgical errors -- Diagnostic errors -- Human factors and errors at the person-machine interface -- Transition and handoff errors -- Teamwork and communcation errors -- Nosocomial infections -- Other complications of healthcare -- Patient safety in the ambulatory setting -- Information technology -- Reporting systems, incident investigations, and other methods of understanding safety issues -- Creating a culture of safety -- Workforce issues -- Training issues -- The malpractice system -- Accountability -- Law and regulations -- The role of patients -- Organizing a safety program.

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