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Title:
Your patient safety survival guide : how to protect yourself and others from medical errors / Gretchen LeFever Watson.
Author:
Watson, Gretchen LeFever, 1960- author.
Publication Information:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

©2017
Call Number:
R729.8 .W38 2017
Abstract:
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 recognize so they can be sure hospital personnel use them during every patient encounter.
ISBN:
9781538102091
Physical Description:
xvii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
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