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Medical errors and patient safety

by Kalra, Jay.

Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.

Series: Patient safety ; . v. 1 Published by : De Gruyter, (Berlin :) Physical details: viii, 113 p. : ill.

Subject(s): Medical errors -- United States. | Patient safety. | Patients -- Safety measures -- United States. | Electronic books.

Year: 2011

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http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10486525
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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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