Practical Patient Safety

Citation

(2010), "Practical Patient Safety", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 23 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2010.06223bae.001

Practical Patient Safety

Practical Patient Safety

Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 2

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John Reynard, John Reynolds, and Peter Stevenson,OUP,ISBN 978-0-19-923993-1,2009

Keywords: Patient safety education, Risk management practices, Healthcare training

Following recent high profile cases of surgical error in the UK and USA, patient safety has become a key issue in healthcare, now placed at heart of junior doctor’s training. Errors made by doctors are very similar to those made in other high-risk organisations, such as aviation, nuclear and petrochemical industries. Practical Patient Safety aims to demonstrate how core principles of safety from these industries can be applied in surgical and medical practice, in particular through training for health care professionals and healthcare managers.

The book:

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  Applies the principles of risk management gained in the aviation, nuclear and petrochemical industries to healthcare.

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  The highly accessible style covers the key techniques and principles of patient safety in a practical way.

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  Includes numerous case studies highlighting the importance of patient safety principles.

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  Contains checklists, help boxes and other strategies for minimising errors.

Whilst theoretical aspects of risk management form the backdrop, the book focuses on key techniques and principles of patient safety in a practical way, giving the reader practical advice on how to avoid personal errors, and more importantly how to start patient safety training within his or her department or hospital.

Contents include:

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  The scale of the problem.

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  Clinical errors: What are they?

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  Safety culture in high reliability organisations.

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  Case studies.

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  Error management.

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  Communication failure.

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  Situation awareness.

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  Professional culture.

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  When carers deliberately cause harm.

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  Patient safety toolbox.

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  Glossary.

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  Conclusion.