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Medication safety during anesthesia and the perioperative period
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Medication safety during anesthesia and the perioperative period / Alan Merry, Joyce Wahr.
ISBN
9781108151702 (ebook)
9781107194106 (hardback)
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Apr 2021).
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Summary
With medication errors in healthcare an internationally recognised problem, this much-needed book delivers a comprehensive approach to understanding medication safety in the perioperative period. It reviews what medication adverse events are, and how often and where these errors occur, as well as exploring human cognitive psychology and explaining why things can go wrong at any time in a complex system. Detailed discussions around mistakes, judgement errors, slips and lapses, and violations, are presented alongside real-life examples of the indistinct line between negligence and inevitable error. The co-authors bring a wide and practical perspective to the theories and interventions that are available to improve medication safety, including legal and regulatory actions that further or impede safety. Essential reading for anesthesiologists, nurses, pharmacists and other perioperative team members committed to improving medication safety for their patients, and also an invaluable resource for those who fund, manage and regulate healthcare.
Variant and related titles
Cambridge core frontlist 2021.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 21, 2021
Series
Cambridge medicine
Contents
Introduction to Medication Safety in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period
Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety During Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period
Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety in the Intensive Care Unit and Ward
Impact of Medication Errors on the Patient and Family : Managing the Aftermath
Consequences for the Practitioner
Why Failures Occur in the Safe Management of Medications
Errors in the Context of the Perioperative Administration of Medications
Violations and Medication Safety Interventions to Improve Medication Safety
Medication Safety in Special Contexts
Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period. Part I: General Principles
Appropriate Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period. Part II: Practical Examples
Barriers to Improving Medication Safety : Why is Patient Safety So Hard?
Conclusions.
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