A difficult and recalcitrant phenomenon, medical error causes
pervasive and expensive problems in terms of patient injury,
ineffective treatment, and rising healthcare costs. Simple
heightened awareness can help, but it requires organized, effective
remedies and countermeasures that are reasonable, acceptable, and
adaptable to see a truly significant drop in the intolerable rate
of medical mistakes. Only with better understanding, knowledge, and
directed techniques can there be rapid and marked improvement in
medical error management discipline. Since medical error is
situation specific and involves diverse variables in equipment,
environment, and human performance, the correct choice of
preventive and corrective techniques is critical. Providing a
wealth of useful ideas, concepts, and techniques, Medical Error and
Patient Safety: Human Factors in Medicine uses abroad perspective
to present more than 500 remedies that can be applied and tailored
to your unique circumstances. This detailed review of so many
measures enables you to correctly identify needs and undertake
appropriate actions to achieve a success that can be measured in
avoided injuries, improved healthcare, and reduced cost. Thought
provoking and useful, this book considers the potential for error
and the possibility for improvement in every aspect of healthcare.
After an introduction to general concepts and approaches, it
examines vulnerabilities in medical services, including emergency
services, healthcare facilities, and infection control. It covers
risks in medical devices and product design; human factors such as
fatigue and stress; management errors; errors in communication at
all levels of the healthcare hierarchy; as well as mistakes in drug
delivery including faulty labels and warnings. The authors also
compare and contrast several analytical methods, their
interpretation, and their translation into a plan of action.
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