Foundations in patient safety for health professionals
By: Kimberly A. Galt, Karen A. Paschal.
Contributors: Paschal, Karen A.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780763763381
Subjects: Hospitals -- Safety measures; Medical errors -- Prevention; Medication errors -- Prevention; Medical Errors -- prevention & control -- United States; Patient Care -- methods -- United States; Risk Assessment -- United States; Safety Management -- methods -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Key concepts in patient safety; title: Keeping the patient safe; title: Safety improvements in professional practice; title: Safety improvement is in systems; title: Safety improvement is achieved within organization; title: Culture of safety in health care settings; title: Why things go wrong; title: What to do when things go wrong; title: Safe patient care systems; title: The use of evidence to improve safety.