Safety in Medication Use
  1. 340 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

An estimated 1 in 20 patients are admitted to the hospital due to problems with their medication and 1 in 100 hospitalized patients are harmed due to medication errors during their stay. The prescribing of medications is the most common health care intervention and medication safety is relevant to all health care professionals and patients, in all

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Yes, you can access Safety in Medication Use by Mary Patricia Tully, Bryony Dean Franklin, Mary Patricia Tully,Bryony Dean Franklin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Medical Theory, Practice & Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgment
  6. Editors
  7. Contributors
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Chapter 1: Introduction
  10. Chapter 2: Prescribing and Monitoring Medication
  11. Chapter 3: Dispensing Medication
  12. Chapter 4: Administration of Medication
  13. Chapter 5: Professional Communication and Medication Safety
  14. Chapter 6: Introduction
  15. Chapter 7: Measuring Medication Errors
  16. Chapter 8: Psychological Theories
  17. Chapter 9: Educational Theories
  18. Chapter 10: A Sociotechnical Perspective of Electronic Prescribing
  19. Chapter 11: Systems Perspective and Design
  20. Chapter 12: Improvement Science
  21. Chapter 13: Safety Culture
  22. Chapter 14: Introduction
  23. Chapter 15: Incident Reporting and Feedback Approaches
  24. Chapter 16: Educational Interventions
  25. Chapter 17: Communication between Health Care Professionals
  26. Chapter 18: Interventions for Safer Work Systems
  27. Chapter 19: Electronic Prescribing and Medication Administration Record Systems
  28. Chapter 20: Technological Approaches for Medication Administration
  29. Chapter 21: Innovations in Dispensing
  30. Chapter 22: Patient Involvement in Medication Safety
  31. Chapter 23: Conclusion
  32. References
  33. Back Cover