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The occurrence of failures and mistakes in health care, from primary care procedures to the complexities of the operating room, has become a hot-button issue with the general public and within the medical community. Around the Patient Bed: Human Factors and Safety in Health Care examines the problem and investigates the tools to improve health care
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- The Editors
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Human Factors and Safety in Health Care
- Chapter 2: A History of Medical Errors
- Chapter 3: Types and Causes of Medical Errors in Intensive Care
- Chapter 4: The Operating Room and Operating Process—Observations
- Chapter 5: Mental Models as a Driving Concept for the Analysis of Team Performance in the Emergency Medicine Department
- Chapter 6: Magnesium Sulphate Dosage—Analysis of Problems Involved in the Medication Administration Process
- Chapter 7: Human Engineering and Safety Aspects in Neonatal Care Units: Analysis and Appraisal
- Chapter 8: Applying the Principles of Human–Computer Interaction to Improve the Efficiency of the Emergency Medicine Unit
- Chapter 9: Human Factors Contributions to the Design of a Medication Room
- Chapter 10: The User-Centered Design of a Radiotherapy Chart
- Chapter 11: Examining the Effectiveness of Using Designed Stickers for Labeling Drugs and Medical Tubing
- Chapter 12: The Emperor’s New Clothes—Design of Garments for the Operating Room Staff
- Chapter 13: Thinking Patterns of Physicians and Nurses and the Communication between Them in the Intensive Care Unit
- Chapter 14: The Operating Room Briefing
- Chapter 15: Analysis of the Rate of Interruptions during Physician Rounds
- Chapter 16: How Does Risk Management Differ from Accident Prevention?
- Chapter 17: Reconstruction to Investigate the Sources of an Event in a Medical System
- Chapter 18: Development of a Human Factor Focused Reporting System for Hospital Medical Staff on Daily Difficulties and Problems in Carrying Out Their Work
- Chapter 19: Patient Safety Climate: Development of a Valid Scale to Predict Safety Levels in Hospital Departments
- Chapter 20: Beyond Fatigue: Managerial Factors Related to Resident Physicians’ Medical Errors
- Chapter 21: Gentle Rule Enforcement
- Chapter 22: Human Engineering and Safety in Health Care Systems—What Have We Learned?
- Chapter 23: Summary: The Physician’s Point of View
- Back Cover