topic:"Medical Errors - prevention & control" found 35 records - Provincial Hospitals Library Catalogue

ABC of patient safety

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Sandars, John. --Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub. | BMJ Books , 2007.

Call Number: W 84.1 A134 2007

Location: Dickson Building

Call Number: W 84.1 A134 2007

Author: Sandars, John

Other Authors: Cook, Gary

Place of Publication: Malden, MA

Publisher: Blackwell Pub.; BMJ Books

Date of Publication: 2007

Physical Description: 49 p.

Series Title: ABC series

ISBN: 9781405156929

Subjects (MeSH): Safety Management; Patient Safety; Medical Errors - prevention & control

Format: Book

Location: Dickson Building

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Achieving safe and reliable healthcare : strategies and solutions

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Leonard, Michael. --Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press , 2004.

Call Number: W 84 L581a 2004

Location: Nova Scotia Hospital

Call Number: W 84 L581a 2004

Author: Leonard, Michael

Other Authors: Simmonds, Terri

Place of Publication: Chicago, IL

Publisher: Health Administration Press

Date of Publication: 2004

Physical Description: 205 p.

ISBN: 1567932274

Subjects (MeSH): Health Facility Planning; Medical Errors - prevention & control

Format: Book

Location: Nova Scotia Hospital

Loan Period: 3 weeks

After the error : speaking out about patient safety to save lives

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Susan McIver & Robin Wyndham. --Toronto: ECW Press , 2013.

Call Number: WX 185 M152a 2013

Location: Yarmouth Regional Hospital

After the Error is a collection of true stories from across Canada, and the first book anywhere to recognize what patients affected by medical errors, their families, and immediate healthcare providers have done to prevent others from enduring similar experiences. Medical errors kill 24,000 Canadians each year, adversely affect hundreds of thousands, and cost close to two billion dollars. Victims of medical errors and their families who speak out often do so at considerable emotional, psycholog…

Call Number: WX 185 M152a 2013

Author: McIver, Susan B.

Other Authors: Wyndham, Robin

Responsibility: Susan McIver & Robin Wyndham

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: ECW Press

Date of Publication: 2013

Physical Description: 264 pages

ISBN: 9781770411104

Subjects (MeSH): Medical Errors - prevention & control; Patient Safety; Truth Disclosure

Other Subjects: Canada

Abstract: After the Error is a collection of true stories from across Canada, and the first book anywhere to recognize what patients affected by medical errors, their families, and immediate healthcare providers have done to prevent others from enduring similar experiences. Medical errors kill 24,000 Canadians each year, adversely affect hundreds of thousands, and cost close to two billion dollars. Victims of medical errors and their families who speak out often do so at considerable emotional, psychological, and financial expense. But their willingness to share their harrowing stories has helped to lay the foundation for numerous patient safety programs and continues to identify problems, provide solutions, and raise awareness.

Contents: PART I: A Child Like Annie; Broken; A Doctor’s Ordeal; Special Recognition; Forever Changed; Hear My Voice; Heartbeat; Take Action; Not Too Late; Open Arms; The Spark; The Whisper; Vance’s Gift; Claire’s Story; Extraordinary People; A Second Chance -- PART II: Whose Mistake?; The Media; Investigative Tip System; Medical Malpractice; Final Thoughts; Afterword / Julia Hallisy.

Format: Book

Publication Type: Personal Narratives

Location: Yarmouth Regional Hospital

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Becoming a consummate clinician : what every student, house officer, and hospital practitioner needs to know

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Ary L. Goldberger, Zachary D. Goldberger. --Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell , c2012.

Call Number: WB 102 G618b 2012

Location: Dickson Building

"The Consummate Clinician offers hospital-based physicians an organizing framework for coping with daily challenges both in patient care and in teaching. The book describes in a highly formatted, easily accessible way exactly how physicians and physicians-in-training can think critically and act decisively in this age of medical information overload. Special emphasis is on (1) error avoidance and reduction - a topic that has long been championed by hospitalists, (2) efficient practice manageme…

Call Number: WB 102 G618b 2012

Author: Goldberger, Ary L

Other Authors: Goldberger, Zachary D

Other Authors: Society for Hospital Medicine

Responsibility: Ary L. Goldberger, Zachary D. Goldberger

Place of Publication: Hoboken, N.J.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Date of Publication: c2012

Physical Description: xii, 210 p.

Series Vol.: 3

Series Title: Hospital medicine, current concepts

ISBN: 9781118011430

Subjects (MeSH): Clinical Competence; Clinical Medicine; Evidence-Based Medicine; Interprofessional Relations; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Teaching Rounds - methods

Abstract: "The Consummate Clinician offers hospital-based physicians an organizing framework for coping with daily challenges both in patient care and in teaching. The book describes in a highly formatted, easily accessible way exactly how physicians and physicians-in-training can think critically and act decisively in this age of medical information overload. Special emphasis is on (1) error avoidance and reduction - a topic that has long been championed by hospitalists, (2) efficient practice management for best patient outcomes and improved cost control, (3) the use of evidence-based medicine, and (4) improving communication among and between physicians and other staff in the hospital setting. Using real-world clinical examples and scenarios, the book focuses on essential topics, many of which tend to fall between the cracks of print and electronic resources. Pearls and pitfalls of gathering, processing, and communicating medical information are presented, but more than these, this book is meant as a kind of clinical GPS--a way of helping hospital-based physicians find their clinical coordinates and keep their bearings in the face of new challenges and uncertainties. In addition to the clinical scenarios featured throughout, additional mini-cases are collected at the end of the book. The over-arching goal of this new resource is to enrich the way hospital-based physicians think about diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis, especially at the warp-speed of "ward world," which increasingly lurches between the frazzled and the frantic"--Provided by publisher.

Contents: Introduction: Surviving and Thriving in Ward World -- Part 1. Medical Musts and Must-Nots: Six Essentials of Ward World. -- 1. How (Not) to Present a Patient History -- 2. Reexamining the Physical Exam -- 3. How (Not) to Order and Present Lab Tests -- 4. Seeing is (Almost) Believing: The Importance of Reviewing Data -- 5. 'Worsts First': How to Frame a Differential Diagnosis -- 6. Clinical Queries: Asking the 3 1/2 Key Questions -- Part 2. Medical Masteries -- 7. Error Reduction Equals Motivation Times Communication to the Power of 3 -- 8. Evidence-Based Medicine: What and Where is the Evidence? -- 9. Caution! Dangerous Biomedical Semantics at Work -- 10. Some Second Opinions: Outliers, Hoofbeats, and Sutton's (Flawed) Law -- 11. A Sixfold Path: From Data to Knowledge to Understanding -- 12. What is Disease? What is Health?

Format: Book

Location: Dickson Building

The best practice : how the new quality movement is transforming medicine

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Charles Kenney. --New York: Public Affairs , c2008.

Call Number: W 84 AA1 K36b 2008

Location: Cape Breton Regional

Americans have always thought their healthcare system was the best in the world. But starting in the late 1990s, shocking reports emerged that showed this was far from the truth. Treatment-related deaths or complications were found to be the fifth leading cause of death for Americans, and hundreds of thousands of patients were being harmed by botched medical procedures. Spurred by the quality crisis, a group of visionary physicians led by Donald Berwick and Paul Batalden embarked on a study of …

Call Number: W 84 AA1 K36b 2008

Author: Kenney, Charles

Responsibility: Charles Kenney

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Public Affairs

Date of Publication: c2008

Physical Description: xii, 315 p.

ISBN: 9781586486198; 1586486195

Subjects (MeSH): Medical Errors - prevention & control; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Quality of Health Care

Other Subjects: United States

Abstract: Americans have always thought their healthcare system was the best in the world. But starting in the late 1990s, shocking reports emerged that showed this was far from the truth. Treatment-related deaths or complications were found to be the fifth leading cause of death for Americans, and hundreds of thousands of patients were being harmed by botched medical procedures. Spurred by the quality crisis, a group of visionary physicians led by Donald Berwick and Paul Batalden embarked on a study of industrial quality improvement techniques, daring to apply them to the practice of medicine despite resistance from the medical community. The Best Practice tells the story of this burgeoning movement, and of how the medical landscape is being radically transformed--for the better.

Format: Book

Location: Cape Breton Regional

Cognitive informatics in health and biomedicine : case studies on critical care, complexity and errors

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Vimla L. Patel, David R. Kaufman, Trevor Cohen, editors. --London: Springer , c2014.

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Location: Online

"Enormous advances in information technology have permeated essentially all facets of life in the past two decades. Formidable challenges remain in fostering tools that enhance productivity but are sensitive to work practices. Cognitive Informatics (CI) is the multidisciplinary study of cognition, information and computational sciences that investigates all facets of human computing including design and computer-mediated intelligent action, thus is strongly grounded in methods and theories from…

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Other Authors: Patel, Vimla L.; Kaufman, David R.; Cohen, Trevor

Responsibility: Vimla L. Patel, David R. Kaufman, Trevor Cohen, editors

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 505 pages)

Series Title: Health informatics

ISBN: 9781447154907 (electronic bk.); 9781447154891

Subjects (MeSH): Artificial Intelligence; Cognition; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Medical Informatics

Subjects (LCSH): Artificial intelligence - Medical applications; Medical informatics; Neural networks (Computer science); Artificial Intelligence; Cognition; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Medical Informatics

Abstract: "Enormous advances in information technology have permeated essentially all facets of life in the past two decades. Formidable challenges remain in fostering tools that enhance productivity but are sensitive to work practices. Cognitive Informatics (CI) is the multidisciplinary study of cognition, information and computational sciences that investigates all facets of human computing including design and computer-mediated intelligent action, thus is strongly grounded in methods and theories from cognitive science. As an applied discipline, it has a close affiliation with human factors and human-computer interaction, and provides a framework for the analysis and modeling of complex human performance in technology-mediated settings and contributes to the design and development of better information systems. In recent years, CI has emerged as a distinct area with special relevance to biomedicine and health care. In addition, it has become a foundation for education and training of health informaticians, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology initiating a program including CI as one of its critical elements to support health IT curriculum development. This book represents a first textbook on cognitive informatics and will focus on key examples drawn from the application of methods and theories from CI to challenges pertaining to the practice of critical-care medicine (CCM). Technology is transforming critical care workflows and re-organizing patient care management processes. CCM has proven to be a fertile test bed for theories and methods of cognitive informatics. CI, in turn, has contributed much to our understanding of the factors that result in complexity and patient errors. The topic is strongly interdisciplinary and will be important for individuals from a range of academic and professional backgrounds, including critical care specialists, psychologists, computer scientists, medical informaticians, and anthropologists"--Provided by publisher.

Contents: Part I. Cognition and errors -- Part II. Communication -- Part III. Clinical workflow -- Part IV. Looking into the future.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Complications and mishaps in anesthesia : cases, analysis, preventive strategies

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Matthias Hübler, Thea Koch, Karen B. Domino, editors. --Heidelberg: Springer , c2014.

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Location: Online

Ability to learn from errors is an essential aspect of the quest to improve treatment quality and patient safety. This book consists of 33 cases in anesthesiology that are based on real life situations and illuminate avoidable complications and mishaps. The cases are presented in a novel manner in that they are embedded within narratives. The reader comes to each case cold, without any clue as to the content, and each case comprises a narrative and a factual component that are interwoven. The n…

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Other Authors: Hübler, Matthias; Koch, Thea; Domino, Karen B.

Responsibility: Matthias Hübler, Thea Koch, Karen B. Domino, editors

Place of Publication: Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 365 pages)

ISBN: 9783642454073 (electronic bk.); 9783642454066

Subjects (MeSH): Anesthesia - adverse effects - Case Reports; Intraoperative Complications - prevention & control - Case Reports; Medical Errors - prevention & control - Case Reports

Subjects (LCSH): Anesthesia - Complications; Anesthesia - Complications - Case studies

Abstract: Ability to learn from errors is an essential aspect of the quest to improve treatment quality and patient safety. This book consists of 33 cases in anesthesiology that are based on real life situations and illuminate avoidable complications and mishaps. The cases are presented in a novel manner in that they are embedded within narratives. The reader comes to each case cold, without any clue as to the content, and each case comprises a narrative and a factual component that are interwoven. The narrative parts provide the reader with information and tips regarding the clinical problems and tasks that the protagonist must face and try to solve. The idea is to engage the reader emotionally while reading and to entertain him or her while learning. All cases conclude with short debriefing sections which include possible strategies to prevent similar errors or mishaps.

Contents: Case 1: Retained Placenta -- Case 2: Elbow Dislocation with Fracture -- Case 3: Pancreatic Surgery -- Case 4: A Day in the PACU -- Case 5: TUR of the Prostate -- Case 6: Tonsillectomy: Hurray, a Child! -- Case 7: The Rebleed: Uh-Oh, a Child! -- Case 8: Bowel Obstruction -- Case 9: D&C -- Case 10: Inguinal Hernia Repair -- Case 11: Hip Surgery -- Case 12: Foot Surgery -- Case 13: Spinal Stenosis -- Case 14: Septoplasty -- Case 15: Cosmetic Surgery -- Case 16: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy -- Case 17: The Second Inguinal Hernia -- Case 18: Hip Fracture -- Case 19: Frozen Shoulder -- Case 20: Forearm Fracture -- Case 21: Colectomy -- Case 22: Knee Joint Replacement -- Case 23: Laser Surgery -- Case 24: Tibia Fracture -- Case 25: Inguinal Abscess -- Case 26: Aortic Aneurysm -- Case 27: Dyspnea -- Case 28: Strabismus Surgery -- Case 29: Thoracic CT Scan -- Case 30: Cerebrovascular Accident -- Case 31: Prostatectomy -- Case 32: Angiography -- Case 33: Glioblastoma -- Tips to Reduce Human Errors.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Complications in facial plastic surgery

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Capone, Randolph. --New York, NY: Thieme Medical , 2012.

Call Number: WE 705 C246c 2012

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Call Number: WE 705 C246c 2012

Author: Capone, Randolph

Other Authors: Sykes, Jonathan

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Thieme Medical

Date of Publication: 2012

Physical Description: 191 p.

ISBN: 9781604060263

Subjects (MeSH): Cosmetic Techniques - adverse effects; Face - surgery; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - adverse effects

Format: Book

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Copies: 1

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings : Human Factors and Team Psychology in a High-Stakes Environment

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Michael St.Pierre, Gesine Hofinger, Robert Simon. (Third edition) --Cham: Springer , c2016.

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Location: Online

This book is unique in providing a comprehensive overview of the human factors issues relevant to patient safety during acute care. By elucidating the principles of human behavior and decision-making in critical situations and identifying frequent sources of human error, it will help healthcare professionals provide safer, more effective treatment when dealing with emergencies characterized by uncertainty, high stakes, time pressure, and stress. The third edition has emerged from an ongoing syn…

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Author: St.Pierre, Michael

Other Authors: Hofinger, Gesine; Simon, Robert

Responsibility: Michael St.Pierre, Gesine Hofinger, Robert Simon

Edition: Third edition

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2016

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 433 p. : 65 illus., 52 illus. in color)

ISBN: 9783319414270; 9783319414256 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Critical Care - organization & administration; Emergency Medical Services - organization & administration; Group Processes; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Patient Care Team; Personnel Management - methods

Subjects (LCSH): Personnel management

Abstract: This book is unique in providing a comprehensive overview of the human factors issues relevant to patient safety during acute care. By elucidating the principles of human behavior and decision-making in critical situations and identifying frequent sources of human error, it will help healthcare professionals provide safer, more effective treatment when dealing with emergencies characterized by uncertainty, high stakes, time pressure, and stress. The third edition has emerged from an ongoing synergistic relationship between clinicians and behavioral scientists on both sides of the Atlantic to update and enhance each chapter -- blending the strengths of the two professions into a readily accessible text. Among other improvements, readers will find sharper articulation of concepts and significantly more information on the organizational impact on individual and team performance. Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings is the required reference for all who are learning about, teaching, or providing acute and emergency healthcare. It will be of high value for undergraduate and graduate medical and nursing program and offer a much-needed resource for those who use high-fidelity healthcare simulation to teach teamwork.

Contents: Part I. Basic Principles: Error, Complexity, and Human Behavior -- The Human Factors: Errors and Skills -- The Challenge of Acute Healthcare -- The Nature of Error -- The Psychology of Human Action -- Part II. Individual Factors of Behavior -- Human Perception: The Way We See Things -- Information Processing and Mental Models: World Views -- Goals and Plans: Turning Points for Success -- Attention: The Focus of Consciousness -- Stress -- Strategies for Action: Ways to Achieve Good Decisions -- Part III. The Team -- The Key to Success: Teamwork -- Speech Is Golden: Communication -- Leadership -- Part IV. Error and Safety in Organizations -- Organization, Errors, and Safety -- Strategies for Patient Safety -- Learning for Safety.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Critically ill : a 5-point plan to cure healthcare delivery

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with D.M. Treloar. --Carlsbad, CA: No Limit Publishing , c2012.

Call Number: W 84.1 S728c 2012

Location: Dickson Building

Call Number: W 84.1 S728c 2012

Author: Southwick, Frederick S.

Responsibility: with D.M. Treloar

Place of Publication: Carlsbad, CA

Publisher: No Limit Publishing

Date of Publication: c2012

Physical Description: 342 p.

ISBN: 9781614660163

Subjects (MeSH): Delivery of Health Care - methods; Health Care Reform - methods; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Caregivers - education; Patient Safety

Notes: "A toolkit for nurses and others who aspire to transform care in our hospitals and clinics"--Cover.

Format: Book

Location: Dickson Building

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Error reduction in health care : a systems approach to improving patient safety

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Spath, Patrice . (2nd ed.) --Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons , 2011.

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Author: Spath, Patrice .

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Hoboken, NJ

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons

Date of Publication: 2011

ISBN: 978661302603

Subjects (MeSH): Medical Errors - prevention & control; Safety Management; Patient Safety

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Errors in Imaging

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Haris Chrysikopoulos. --Cham: Springer , c2020.

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Location: Online

This book offers a thorough, clear and practical guide to identifying, preventing and correcting any error or bias that may arise during the interpretation and reporting of medical images. It combines information and insights from the fields of radiology, expertise theory, cognitive psychology, and advanced learning practices with the author’s considerable clinical (radiologic) experience. In addition, the book features an extensive “Teaching Cases Section” that simulates real-world situations,…

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Author: Chrysikopoulos, Haris

Responsibility: Haris Chrysikopoulos

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2020

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 214 p.) : 122 illus., 42 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783030211035; 9783030211028 (Print ed.); 9783030211042 (Print ed.); 9783030211059 (Print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Clinical Decision-Making; Diagnostic Imaging - methods; Medical Errors - prevention & control

Specialty: Diagnostic Imaging

Abstract: This book offers a thorough, clear and practical guide to identifying, preventing and correcting any error or bias that may arise during the interpretation and reporting of medical images. It combines information and insights from the fields of radiology, expertise theory, cognitive psychology, and advanced learning practices with the author’s considerable clinical (radiologic) experience. In addition, the book features an extensive “Teaching Cases Section” that simulates real-world situations, giving readers an opportunity to practice what they have just learned. The purpose of the book is to provide readers with essential information and strategies, and to point out the deficiencies of the current radiology education system, in order to minimize the occurrence and the clinical impact of errors in imaging by offering the proper education and training for imaging professionals. It offers a valuable guide for diagnostic radiologists and all other imaging professionals, whether in training or in practice. Though the main emphasis is on computed tomography and magnetic resonance, the general principles are applicable to all conventional imaging modalities.

Contents: Perception and cognition in medical imaging -- Definition of errors in imaging -- Categories of errors in imaging -- The radiology report -- Mechanisms of errors -- Expertise and competence -- Error reducing strategies -- Epilogue: Conclusions and personal thoughts about our education -- Teaching cases -- Glossary.

Format: e-Book

Publication Type: Case Reports

Location: Online

Essential Medical Facts Every Clinician Should Know : To Prevent Medical Errors, Pass Board Examinations and Provide Informed Patient Care

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by Robert B. Taylor. --New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media , c2011.

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Location: Online

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Author: Taylor, Robert B

Responsibility: by Robert B. Taylor

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media

Date of Publication: c2011

ISBN: 9781441978745

Subjects (MeSH): Patient Care; Medical Errors - prevention & control

Subjects (LCSH): Practice of medicine

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

General surgery risk reduction

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Brendon J. Coventry, editor. --London: Springer , c2014.

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Written by internationally acclaimed specialists, General Surgery Risk Reduction expands on complications associated with surgery and how to reduce them, the availability of relevant information and the rapid advancements of surgical technology. Chapters provide pertinent and concise procedure descriptions creating a book that is both comprehensive and accessible. Stages of operative approaches with relevant technical considerations are outlined in an easily understandable manner. Complications…

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Other Authors: Coventry, Brendon J

Responsibility: Brendon J. Coventry, editor

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 345 pages)

Series Title: Surgery : complications, risks and consequences

ISBN: 9781447153917 (electronic bk.); 9781447153900

Subjects (MeSH): Intraoperative Complications - prevention & control; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Risk Assessment

Subjects (LCSH): Surgery - Complications - Prevention; Surgical errors - Prevention; Surgery

Abstract: Written by internationally acclaimed specialists, General Surgery Risk Reduction expands on complications associated with surgery and how to reduce them, the availability of relevant information and the rapid advancements of surgical technology. Chapters provide pertinent and concise procedure descriptions creating a book that is both comprehensive and accessible. Stages of operative approaches with relevant technical considerations are outlined in an easily understandable manner. Complications are reviewed when appropriate for the organ system and problem. The text is illustrated throughout by line drawings and photographs that depict anatomic or technical principles. Forming part of the series, Surgery: Complications, Risks and Consequences, this volume General Surgery Risk Reduction provides a valuable resource for all general surgeons and residents in training. Other healthcare providers will also find this a useful resource.

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. General Perioperative Complications -- 3. Surgical Infection -- 4. Preoperative Risk Assessment and Intraoperative Monitoring -- 5. Anaesthesia Complications -- 6. Intensive Care Complications -- 7. Acute Perioperative Pain: Mechanisms and Management -- 8. Systems, Safety and Quality : Harm, Error and Litigation -- 9. Risk Management and Human Factors -- 10. Medicolegal Risk Management in Surgery -- 11. Evaluation of Surgical Safety and Efficacy -- 12. Accreditation, Credentialing, Scope of Practice and Outcome Evaluation.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Handbook of human factors and ergonomics in health care and patient safety

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edited by Pascale Carayon. CRC Press , 2007.

Call Number: WB 100 H2355 2007

Location: Cape Breton Regional

Call Number: WB 100 H2355 2007

Other Authors: Carayon, Pascale

Responsibility: edited by Pascale Carayon

Publisher: CRC Press

Date of Publication: 2007

Physical Description: xiv, 995 p.

Series Title: Human factors and ergonomics

ISBN: 9780805848854; 0805848851

Subjects (MeSH): Ergonomics; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Safety Management

Format: Book

Location: Cape Breton Regional

The handbook of patient safety compliance : a practical guide for health care organizations

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Rozovsky, Fay A. --San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass , 2005.

Call Number: WX 185 R893h 2005

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Call Number: WX 185 R893h 2005

Author: Rozovsky, Fay A.

Other Authors: Woods, James R.

Place of Publication: San Francisco, CA

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Date of Publication: 2005

Physical Description: 263 p.

ISBN: 0787965103

Subjects (MeSH): Patient Safety; Medical Errors - legislation & jurisprudence; Medical Errors - prevention & control; Safety Management - organization & administration; Guideline Adherence - organization & administration

Contents: Patient safety: crossing the chasm from legal and regulatory compliance / Fay A. Rozovsky -- Patient safety laws and regulations / Ronni P. Solomon -- Medical error reduction initiatives among accreditation and standard-setting organizations / Fay A. Rozovsky -- Failure modes and effects analysis: the risks and the rewards in health care / Robert J. Latino -- Medication error reduction: voluntary and regulatory oversight / David M. Benjamin, John P. Santell -- Benchmarking: evidence-based outcome information and standards of care / Peter J. Pronovost, Fay A. Rozovsky -- Creation and preservation of reports, data, and device evidence in medical error situations / Jane C. McConnell, Susan Durbin Kinter -- Claims management risks in patient safety events / Pamela L. Papp -- Full disclosure / James R. Woods Jr. -- Patient safety in human research / Rodney K. Adams -- Medical error reporting: maintaining confidentiality in the face of litigation / Frederick Robinson, Lara E. Parkin -- Managing patient safety compliance with health professionals / Mark A. Kadzielski, Christina W. Giles -- Planning for the future / Fay A. Rozovsky, James R. Woods Jr.