Measuring patient safety

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Newhouse Robin Purdy.; Poe Stephanie.
Published: Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
Publisher Address: Sudbury, Mass.
Publication Dates: c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xv, 152 p.: ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0763728411
9780763728410 (pbk.)
Index Number: R197
CLC: R197.323
Call Number: R197.323/M484
Contents: Donation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.