Medication Safety During Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period

List of contents

1. Introduction to Medication Safety in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 2. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety during Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 3. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety in the Intensive Care Unit and Ward; 4. Impact of Medication Errors on the Patient and Family: Managing the Aftermath; 5. Consequences for the Practitioner; 6. Why Failures Occur in the Safe Management of Medications; 7. Errors in the Context of the Perioperative Administration of Medications; 8. Violations and Medication Safety; 9. Interventions to Improve Medication Safety; 10. Medication Safety in Special Contexts; 11. Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part I: General Principles; 12. Appropriate Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part II: Practical Examples; 13. Barriers to Improving Medication Safety: Why is Patient Safety So Hard?; 14. Conclusions.

About the author

Alan Merry is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland.Joyce Wahr is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice-Chair for Quality and Safety in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Merry, Alan (University of Auckland) Merry, Alan (University of Auckland) Wahr Merry, Merry Alan, Joyce Wahr, Joyce (University of Minnesota) Wahr
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.03.2021
• EAN: 9781107194106
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19410-6
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Surgery / General, MEDICAL / Administration, MEDICAL / Anesthesiology, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, Anaesthetics, Medical administration & management, Medicolegal issues, Peri-operative care, Medical administration and management