Around the Patient Bed
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Around the Patient Bed

Human Factors and Safety in Health Care

  1. 349 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Around the Patient Bed

Human Factors and Safety in Health Care

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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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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781466573635

Table of contents

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