| Phys. Description |
xiii, 455 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford professional practice |
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Oxford professional practice.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Introduction to the science and theory of patient safety -- Introduction to patient safety -- The culture of patient safety -- Transparent leadership for safety -- Person-centred safety -- The economics of patient safety -- Developing a safe clinical team -- Communicating to be safe -- Situation awareness and patient safety -- Practical application of human factors and ergonomics to improve safety -- Reliability in healthcare -- Resilience theory, complexity science, and Safety-II -- Practical application and methodologies of patient safety -- Measuring patient safety at a national, organization, and system level -- Measuring patient safety on the front line -- Practical approaches to safety improvement -- Learning from success to become safer -- Investigating and learning from adverse events -- Open disclosure -- Caring for the caregivers: The second victim -- Translating theory into clinical practice -- Patient safety and information technology -- Enabling medication safety -- Safe prescribing in paediatrics -- Prevention of healthcare-associated infections -- Sepsis and antimicrobial stewardship -- Preventing and limiting deterioration on the medical wards -- Preventing and limiting diagnostic error -- Safety in primary care and general practice -- Safety in the emergency department -- Safety in ambulatory care -- Safety in the operating theatre -- Safety in paediatrics and child health -- Safety in maternity care -- Safety issues in mental health -- Patient safety in critical care -- Safety in patients with frailty and complex long-term conditions -- Safety in a multidisciplinary team --Safety in the laboratory -- Patient safety in a pandemic -- Safety improvement tools. |
| Summary |
"The Handbook of Patient Safety will empower doctors, nurses and other professionals to be able to develop safe clinical processes that allow proactive management and minimisation of risk, so that people are not harmed when they receive clinical care. It gives the rationale for patient safety, the theories behind the science of patient safety and then the practical methods that frontline staff can use on a daily basis to decrease harm." -- Back cover. |
| Subject |
Patient Safety.
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Medical errors -- prevention & control.
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Patient care -- standards.
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| Genre |
Handbooks.
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| Alt Author |
Lachman, Peter, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780192846877 paperback |
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