Medical errors and patient safety [electronic resource] : strategies to reduce and disclose medical errors and improve patient safety / Jay Kalra.
By: Kalra, Jay.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Patient safety: v. 1.Publisher: Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011Description: viii, 113 p. : ill.Subject(s): Medical errors -- United States | Patient safety | Patients -- Safety measures -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 610.28/9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview and introduction to concepts -- Perceptions of medical error and adverse events -- Causes of medical error and adverse events -- Medical error and strategies for working solutions in clinical diagnostic laboratories and other health care areas -- Creating a culture for medical error reduction -- Improving quality in clinical diagnostic laboratories -- Barriers to open disclosure -- International laws and guidelines addressing error and disclosure -- The value of autopsy in detecting medical error and improving quality -- Total quality management, six-sigma, and health care.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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