Patient safety / Charles Vincent.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Wiley-Blackwell : BMJ/Books, 2010.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource( xiii, 416 p.)ISBN:- 9781405192217
- 2010 H-611
- W 84.41
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | URL | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
eBook | eLibrary | eLibrary | Ovid ebooks (HSE East only) | online ebook | Link to resource | Available | Ebook - Login with OpenAthens username and password (HSE East only) | EB0126 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Medical harm : a brief history -- The emergence of patient safety -- Integrating safety and quality -- The nature and scale of error and harm -- Reporting and learning systems -- Measuring safety -- Human error and systems thinking -- Understanding how things go wrong -- Caring for patients harmed by treatment -- Supporting staff after serious incidents -- Clinical interventions and process improvement -- Design for patient safety -- Using information technology to reduce error -- Creating a culture of safety -- Patient involvement in patient safety -- Procedures, violations and migrations -- Safety skills -- Teams create safety -- Safe organisations : bringing it all together -- High performing healthcare systems.
There are no comments on this title.