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Situation awareness identifying
Situation awareness: identifying Situation awareness: identifying
PATIENT SAFETY
PATIENT SAFETY Medicine will never be risk-free. From the beginning of train - ing, doctors are ...
Prescribing safely
Prescribing safely Patients are vulnerable to mistakes made in any one of the many steps involve...
QUALITY MEASURES
QUALITY MEASURES Measurement is a key principle of quality improvement. Although many changes ta...
Resource-rich countries
Resource-rich countries Many countries and professional bodies in resource-rich coun - tries have...
Never events
Never events Many national health services and institutions now require that all incidents are ma...
PATIENT SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
PATIENT SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT Patient safety can only be considered in a broader understand ...
PATIENT SAFETY AND THE SURGEON PROFESSIONAL RESPO
PATIENT SAFETY AND THE SURGEON: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Among medical specialties, surgery is...
Learning objectives
Learning objectives To learn: The importance of understanding human behaviour, • quality and valu...
Low- and middle-income countries
Low- and middle-income countries Resource-poor countries share many of the aspirations and chall...
Model for improvement
Model for improvement Based on the teachings of W . Edwards Deming ( Table 15.4 ), the model for...
International
International Since 2009, WHO has embarked on a series of global and regional initiatives to imp...
Introduction
INTRODUCTION In recent years, increased emphasis has been placed on the study of healthcare syst...
Lean
Lean Lean improvement methodologies originated in industrial settings among frontline workers and...
HUMAN FACTORS
HUMAN FACTORS The healthcare setting has become increasingly complex. Patient and societal demand...
Hospital level
Hospital level Clinical governance Patient safety requires a team approach. Many national and int...
INCIDENTS
INCIDENTS Understanding the concepts underlying patient safety inci - dents is useful because it ...
Checklists
Checklists Checklists in the operating theatre environment are now accepted as standard safety pr...
Clinical microsystems
Clinical microsystems A clinical microsystem is an interdependent quality improvement unit made u...
Communicating openly with patients and their carer
Communicating openly with patients and their carers and obtaining consent A patient-centred appro...