Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infections : systemic and social causes / / edited by William Charney

• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1028/9
• Soggetto topico: Medical errors - United States; Medical errors - United States - Prevention; Nosocomial infections - United States; Medical economics - United States; Cross infection - United States - Prevention; Medical care - United States
• Altri autori: CharneyWilliam <1947->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 2: For-Profit Care: Its Effect on Medical Errors; Chapter 3: Medical Errors; Chapter 4: Nosocomial Diseases: A Discussion of Issues and Prevention; Chapter 6: Hospital Epidemiology; Chapter 7: Staffing and Medical Errors; Chapter 8: Working Conditions and Patient Safety: Impacts on Medical Errors; Chapter 9: Shift Work and Its Impact on Medical Error; Chapter 10: Bullying and Medical Errors; Chapter 11: The Relationship between Lateral and Horizontal Violence and Bullying: Nurses and Patient Safety ; Chapter 12: Special Populations: Medical Error and InfectionChapter 13: Personal Protective Equipment: Patient and Worker Safety; Chapter 14: Legal Issues; Chapter 15: Technology and Medical Errors; Chapter 17: Industrial Hygiene for Health-Care Workers: Exposures Causing Injuries; Chapter 18: Perspectives of a Frontline Nurse; Chapter 19: Medical Error: A Personal Story; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Do no harm' a particularly leading and important phrase in the delivery of healthcare is not working. In fact depending on the epidemiological approach and which data sets one applies, medical errors, hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and pharmaceutical errors combined are the second or third leading killer of Americans annually: approximately 300,000 die from a combination of medical errors, hospital acquired infections (HAIs), and pharmaceutical errors.100,000 per category. Add to these numbers the hundreds of thousands who are harmed (morbidity) but not killed (mortality) changing quality of life and a substantial problem is defined--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infections
• ISBN: 0-429-14297-8; 1-280-12151-3; 9786613525376; 1-4200-8930-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778942403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II