Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infections : systemic and social causes /

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"'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 sec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Charney, William, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.
Temas:
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.
Cross Infection > prevention & control
Medical Errors > prevention & control
Delivery of Health Care > economics
Health Personnel > organization & administration
Infection Control > methods
Quality Assurance, Health Care > economics
Erreurs médicales > États-Unis.
Infections nosocomiales > États-Unis.
Économie de la santé > États-Unis.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Cross infection > Prevention
Medical care
Medical economics
Medical errors
Medical errors > Prevention
Nosocomial infections
United States
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  • 1. Do no harm : a social science approach to medical errors and hospital-acquired infections : a systemic approach to the epidemic / William Charney
  • ch. 2. For-profit care : its effect on medical errors / Joseph Schirmer
  • ch. 3. Medical errors / John H. Lange, Luca Cegolon, and Giuseppe Mastrangelo
  • ch. 4. Nosocomial diseases : a discussion of issues and prevention / John H. Lange, Luca Cegolon, and Giuseppe Mastrangelo
  • ch. 5. No more preventable deaths : hospital-acquired infections in Canada and one union's campaign to stop them / Jonah Gindin and Michael Hurley
  • ch. 6. Hospital epidemiology / John H. Lange, Giuseppe Mastrangelo, and Luca Cegolon
  • ch. 7. Staffing and medical errors / Beth Piknick
  • ch. 8. Working conditions and patient safety : impacts on medical errors / Steven Hecker
  • ch. 9. Shift work and its impact on medical error / Christine Pontus and Susan Farist Butler
  • ch. 10. Bullying and medical errors / Kathleen Bartholomew
  • ch. 11. The relationship between lateral and horizontal violence and bullying : nurses and patient safety / Christine Pontus and Pamela M. Ortner
  • ch. 12. Special populations : medical error and infection / Susan Gallagher
  • ch. 13. Personal protective equipment : patient and worker safety / Thomas P. Fuller
  • ch. 14. Legal issues / Barbara Machin
  • ch. 15. Technology and medical errors / Shannon Gallagher
  • ch. 16. Nursing injury rates and negative patient outcomes : connecting the dots / William Charney and Joseph Schirmer
  • ch. 17. Industrial hygiene for health-care workers : exposures causing injuries / John H. Lange, Giuseppe Mastrangelo, and Luca Cegolon
  • ch. 18. Perspectives of a frontline nurse / Maggie Flanagan
  • ch. 19. Medical error : a personal story / Daniel Gilmore.

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