Medical Error and Patient Safety - Human Factors in Medicine

Informationen zum Autor Peters, George A.; Peters, Barbara J. Klappentext Understanding the situation specific nature of medical errors, this volumeutilizes abroad perspective to present more than 500 ideas, concepts, and techniques that can be applied and tailored to your unique circumstances. After an introduction to general concepts and approaches, it examines vulnerabilities in medical services, including emergency services, healthcare facilities, and infection control. It covers risks in medical devices and product design; human factors such as fatigue and stress; management errors; errors in communication; as well as mistakes in drug delivery, including faulty labels and warnings. The authors also compare and contrast several analytical methods, their interpretation, and their translation into a plan of action. Zusammenfassung Features concepts and techniques that can be applied to reduce the rate of unacceptable errors, mistakes, or shortcoming expected in human performance. This work addresses such topics as medical services, medical devices, analysis, management errors, communications, and drug delivery. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. General Concepts. Medical Services. Medical Devices. Analysis. Human Factors. Management Errors. Communications. Drug Delivery.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara J. Peters, Barbara J. (Peters & Peters Peters, George A. Peters, George A. (Peters & Peters Peters, George A. Peters Peters, Peters Barbara J., Peters George A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9781420064780
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-6478-0
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Engineering: general, Health systems & services, Public ownership / nationalization, Health systems and services, Ergonomics