Cultivating a Culture of Safety in Healthcare: A Systematic Approach to Root Cause Analysis
Автор:Sherrie Smith Год: 2008 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 173 ISBN: 0615249477 The complex systems which comprise health care services provide fertile ground for errors to take place. In order to cultivate a culture of safety that protects patients from harm and results in good clinical ourcomes, a comprehensive understanding of errors is essential. The information presented in this book will help you to understand the ideology or errors and how to find the root cause(s) of them when they occur. This book's simplified, step-by-step instructions will guide you through the process of conducting a thorough and effective Root Cause Analysis in the most efficient and effective possible manner. One death resulting from a medical error is one death too many. One harmed patient caused by a medical error is one too many. The axiom of the health care professional is "first do no harm." Patient harm resulting from medical errors can be difficult to recognize, especially in a culture possessed with assigning blame. The purpose of this book is to reduce medical errors by...
