Error reduction in health care (Record no. 250030)
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| fixed length control field | 02285nam a2200373 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 362.1 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Error reduction in health care |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | San Francisco, Calif. : |
| Name of publisher | Jossey-Bass, |
| Year of publication | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxiii, 392 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | pt. 1. The basics of patient safety -- pt. 2. Measure and evaluate patient safety -- pt. 3. Reactive and proactive safety investigations -- pt. 4. How to make health care processes safer -- pt. 5. Focused patient safety initiatives. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Completely revised and updated this book offers a step-by-step guide for implementing the Institute of Medicine guidelines to reduce the frequency of errors in health care services and mitigate the impact of those errors that do occur. It explores the fundamental concepts and tools of error reduction, and shows how to design an effective error reduction initiative. The book pinpoints how to reduce and eliminate medical mistakes that threaten the health and safety of patients and teaches how to identify the root cause of medical errors, implement strategies for improvement, and monitor the effectiveness of these new approaches"--Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Health facilities |
| Topical Term | Medical errors |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Spath, Patrice. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10452931 |
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