Your patient safety survival guide
Subtitle: how to protect yourself and others from medical errors
By: Gretchen LeFever Watson
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781538102091
Subjects: Safety measures; Patient advocacy; Hospitals; Cross infection; Medical care; Patients; Patient education; Physician and patient; Diagnostic errors; Medical errors; Prevention
Description: Each year, one out of every four hospital patients in the United States will be harmed by the care they receive. Over 400,000 will die as a result. Watson delivers a patient-centered blueprint on how to transform the patient-safety movement, and provides key safety habits that people must learn to recognize so they can be sure hospital personnel use them during every patient encounter.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Help me, heal me, don't harm me : how healthcare frequently injures patients; title: What seems too simple to matter could save your life : leverage the power of safety habits; title: Make it a bad day to be a bug : prevent the spread of dangerous infections; title: Oops! : eliminate mistakes during surgery and other procedures; title: Deadly doses and dangerous drugs : avoid medication errors and the overuse of opiates; title: Beyond the bedside : improve patient safety one community at a time; title: Acceptance, apology, and forgiveness : safeguard the lives of patients and healthcare providers.