Around the Patient Bed
eBook - PDF

Around the Patient Bed

Human Factors and Safety in Health Care

  1. 349 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Around the Patient Bed

Human Factors and Safety in Health Care

About this book

The occurrence of failures and mistakes in health care, from primary care procedures to the complexities of the operating room, has become a hot-button issue with the general public and within the medical community. Around the Patient Bed: Human Factors and Safety in Health Care examines the problem and investigates the tools to improve health care

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. The Editors
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1: Human Factors and Safety in Health Care
  7. Chapter 2: A History of Medical Errors
  8. Chapter 3: Types and Causes of Medical Errors in Intensive Care
  9. Chapter 4: The Operating Room and Operating Process—Observations
  10. Chapter 5: Mental Models as a Driving Concept for the Analysis of Team Performance in the Emergency Medicine Department
  11. Chapter 6: Magnesium Sulphate Dosage—Analysis of Problems Involved in the Medication Administration Process
  12. Chapter 7: Human Engineering and Safety Aspects in Neonatal Care Units: Analysis and Appraisal
  13. Chapter 8: Applying the Principles of Human–­Computer Interaction to Improve the Efficiency of the Emergency Medicine Unit
  14. Chapter 9: Human Factors Contributions to the Design of a Medication Room
  15. Chapter 10: The ­User-­Centered Design of a Radiotherapy Chart
  16. Chapter 11: Examining the Effectiveness of Using Designed Stickers for Labeling Drugs and Medical Tubing
  17. Chapter 12: The Emperor’s New Clothes—Design of Garments for the Operating Room Staff
  18. Chapter 13: Thinking Patterns of Physicians and Nurses and the Communication between Them in the Intensive Care Unit
  19. Chapter 14: The Operating Room Briefing
  20. Chapter 15: Analysis of the Rate of Interruptions during Physician Rounds
  21. Chapter 16: How Does Risk Management Differ from Accident Prevention?
  22. Chapter 17: Reconstruction to Investigate the Sources of an Event in a Medical System
  23. Chapter 18: Development of a Human Factor Focused Reporting System for Hospital Medical Staff on Daily Difficulties and Problems in Carrying Out Their Work
  24. Chapter 19: Patient Safety Climate: Development of a Valid Scale to Predict Safety Levels in Hospital Departments
  25. Chapter 20: Beyond Fatigue: Managerial Factors Related to Resident Physicians’ Medical Errors
  26. Chapter 21: Gentle Rule Enforcement
  27. Chapter 22: Human Engineering and Safety in Health Care Systems—What Have We Learned?
  28. Chapter 23: Summary: The Physician’s Point of View
  29. Back Cover