Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections
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Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections

Systemic and Social Causes

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Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections

Systemic and Social Causes

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Medical error as defined in Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections: Systemic and Social Causes encompasses many categories including, but not limited to, medical error, hospital-acquired infections, medication errors, deaths from misdiagnosis, deaths from infectious diarrhea in nursing homes, surgical and post-operative complic

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9781420089301
Edition
1
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Industrial Health & Safety
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Editor
  6. Contributors
  7. Chapter 1: Do No Harm : A Social Science Approach to Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections—A Systemic Approach to the Epidemic
  8. Chapter 2: For-Profit Care : Its Effect on Medical Errors
  9. Chapter 3: Medical Errors
  10. Chapter 4: Nosocomial Diseases : A Discussion of Issues and Prevention
  11. Chapter 5: No More Preventable Deaths : Hospital-Acquired Infections in Canada and One Union’s Campaign to Stop Them
  12. Chapter 6: Hospital Epidemiology
  13. Chapter 7: Staffing and Medical Errors
  14. Chapter 8: Working Conditions and Patient Safety : Impacts on Medical Errors
  15. Chapter 9: Shift Work and Its Impact on Medical Error
  16. Chapter 10: Bullying and Medical Errors
  17. Chapter 11: The Relationship between Lateral and Horizontal Violence and Bullying : Nurses and Patient Safety
  18. Chapter 12: Special Populations : Medical Error and Infection
  19. Chapter 13: Personal Protective Equipment : Patient and Worker Safety
  20. Chapter 14: Legal Issues
  21. Chapter 15: Technology and Medical Errors
  22. Chapter 16: Nursing Injury Rates and Negative Patient Outcomes : Connecting the Dots
  23. Chapter 17: Industrial Hygiene for Health-Care Workers : Exposures Causing Injuries
  24. Chapter 18: Perspectives of a Frontline Nurse
  25. Chapter 19: Medical Error : A Personal Story
  26. Back Cover