Patient safety : an engineering approach / / B.S. Dhillon

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Autore:	Dhillon B. S (Balbir S.), <1947, >
Titolo:	Patient safety : an engineering approach / / B.S. Dhillon
Pubblicazione:	Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012
Descrizione fisica:	1 online resource (224 p.)
Disciplina:	610.28/9
Soggetto topico:	Medical errors - Prevention
	Patients - Safety measures
Soggetto genere / forma:	Electronic books.
Note generali:	Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto:	Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Patient Safety Mathematics; Chapter 3: Safety and Human Factors Basics; Chapter 4: Methods for Performing Patient Safety Analysis; Chapter 5: Patient Safety Basics; Chapter 6: Medication Safety and Errors; Chapter 7: Health Care Workers' Role and Safety and Falls; Chapter 8: Human Error in Various Medical Areas and Other Related Information; Chapter 9: Medical Device Safety and Errors; Chapter 10: Medical Device Usability; Chapter 11: Patient Safety Organizations, Data Sources, and Mathematical Models
	Appendix: Bibliography-Literature on Patient SafetyBack Cover
Sommario/riassunto:	Each year a vast sum of money is spent on health care around the globe and patient safety has become a serious global public health issue. Filled with up-to-date information, this book demonstrates how to handle patient safety-related problems by using methods developed in the area of engineering. It contains a chapter on mathematical concepts and another chapter on introductory material on safety and human factors considered essential to understand materials presented in subsequent chapters. The author's presentation covers topics in such a manner that readers will require no previous knowledge to understand the concepts--Provided by publisher.
Titolo autorizzato:	Patient safety
ISBN:	0-429-06578-7
	1-283-35061-0
	9786613350619
	1-4398-7434-4
Formato:	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione:	Inglese
Record Nr.:	9910457700803321
Lo trovi qui:	Univ. Federico II
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