Measuring patient safety / edited by Robin P. Newhouse, Stephanie Poe.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Newhouse, Robin Purdy
Poe, Stephanie
Language:English
Published: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2005], ©2005.
Subjects:
Hospitals > Safety measures.
Patients > Safety measures.
Nursing.
Hospitals.
Medical Errors > prevention & control.
Outcome Assessment, Health Care.
Patient Satisfaction.
Risk Assessment.
Safety Management.
Self-Evaluation Programs.
Nurses' Instruction.
Genre:
Nurses' Instruction.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xv, 152 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Patient safety as a measure of healthcare quality
  • Using performance improvement to support patient safety
  • Moving forward: planning a safety project
  • Rapid cycle safety improvement
  • The metrics of measuring patient safety
  • Dissemination of findings
  • Safer care for patients on mechanical ventilation
  • Medication reconciliation in the ICU
  • Chemotherapy safety
  • Preventing patient aggression: assessment and reporting as first steps
  • Resource for conducting a safety project.