Your patient safety survival guide : how to protect yourself and others from medical errors /
Each year, one out of every four hospital patients in the United States will be harmed by the care they receive. Over 400,000 will die as a result. Watson delivers a patient-centered blueprint on how to transform the patient-safety movement, and provides key safety habits that people must learn to r...
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Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Help me, heal me, don't harm me : how healthcare frequently injures patients
- What seems too simple to matter could save your life : leverage the power of safety habits
- Make it a bad day to be a bug : prevent the spread of dangerous infections
- Oops! : eliminate mistakes during surgery and other procedures
- Deadly doses and dangerous drugs : avoid medication errors and the overuse of opiates
- Beyond the bedside : improve patient safety one community at a time
- Acceptance, apology, and forgiveness : safeguard the lives of patients and healthcare providers.