Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infections systemic and social causes
'Do no harm' a particularly leading and important phrase in the delivery of healthcare is not working. In fact depending on the epidemiological approach and which data sets one applies, medical errors, hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and pharmaceutical errors combined are the second or...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press
2012.
Boca Raton : 2012. |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009701172606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 2: For-Profit Care: Its Effect on Medical Errors; Chapter 3: Medical Errors; Chapter 4: Nosocomial Diseases: A Discussion of Issues and Prevention; Chapter 6: Hospital Epidemiology; Chapter 7: Staffing and Medical Errors; Chapter 8: Working Conditions and Patient Safety: Impacts on Medical Errors; Chapter 9: Shift Work and Its Impact on Medical Error; Chapter 10: Bullying and Medical Errors; Chapter 11: The Relationship between Lateral and Horizontal Violence and Bullying: Nurses and Patient Safety
- Chapter 12: Special Populations: Medical Error and InfectionChapter 13: Personal Protective Equipment: Patient and Worker Safety; Chapter 14: Legal Issues; Chapter 15: Technology and Medical Errors; Chapter 17: Industrial Hygiene for Health-Care Workers: Exposures Causing Injuries; Chapter 18: Perspectives of a Frontline Nurse; Chapter 19: Medical Error: A Personal Story; Back Cover
