Quality and Safety in Critical Care Medicine
SHIVAKUMAR IYERSynopsis
This book on quality and safety is a compilation of articles by experts working in intensive care or in the field of patient safety and will definitely be useful for all intensivists who desire to improve quality and safety at their workplace. Is there a road map for a sincere and dedicated intensivist who wants to make patient care as safe as possible in his or her ICU? <br/><br/>1. Identify the changes required in physical infrastructure and human resource in your ICU. <br/><br/>2. Study the clinical and organizational processes being carried out in your ICU. <br/><br/>3. Look at the barriers to carrying out these processes safely (many times factors like nursepatient ratios and rapid staff turnover are not under our control) and identify the ones that are most important and can be changed. <br/><br/>4. Create a system for identifying error and dealing with it non-punitively and nonjudgmentally. <br/><br/>5. Foster a spirit of individual responsibility and accountability, one that asks “What can I do to make the process that I am carrying out safe for my patient”.
Synopsis
This book on quality and safety is a compilation of articles by experts working in intensive care or in the field of patient safety and will definitely be useful for all intensivists who desire to improve quality and safety at their workplace. Is there a road map for a sincere and dedicated intensivist who wants to make patient care as safe as possible in his or her ICU? <br/><br/>1. Identify the changes required in physical infrastructure and human resource in your ICU. <br/><br/>2. Study the clinical and organizational processes being carried out in your ICU. <br/><br/>3. Look at the barriers to carrying out these processes safely (many times factors like nursepatient ratios and rapid staff turnover are not under our control) and identify the ones that are most important and can be changed. <br/><br/>4. Create a system for identifying error and dealing with it non-punitively and nonjudgmentally. <br/><br/>5. Foster a spirit of individual responsibility and accountability, one that asks “What can I do to make the process that I am carrying out safe for my patient”.
Description
This book on quality and safety is a compilation of articles by experts working in intensive care or in the field of patient safety and will definitely be useful for all intensivists who desire to improve quality and safety at their workplace. Is there a road map for a sincere and dedicated intensivist who wants to make patient care as safe as possible in his or her ICU? <br/><br/>1. Identify the changes required in physical infrastructure and human resource in your ICU. <br/><br/>2. Study the clinical and organizational processes being carried out in your ICU. <br/><br/>3. Look at the barriers to carrying out these processes safely (many times factors like nursepatient ratios and rapid staff turnover are not under our control) and identify the ones that are most important and can be changed. <br/><br/>4. Create a system for identifying error and dealing with it non-punitively and nonjudgmentally. <br/><br/>5. Foster a spirit of individual responsibility and accountability, one that asks “What can I do to make the process that I am carrying out safe for my patient”.
Key Features
• This book is a compilation of articles by experts working in intensive care or in the field of patient safety.
• Covers every aspect of health care delivery including a general outline on Basic Principles of Patient Safety and Quality Indicators, Tools and Strategies for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Guideline to identify and Implement Quality Indicators, Role of Human Factor within Patient Safety and Quality, and SOPs, etc.
• This book would foster and augment Quality and Safety in the field of Critical Care Medicine in India.
• Useful for all intensivists who desire to improve quality and safety at their workplace.
Product Details
Publisher :
JPB ;1/e edition (01 January 2015)
Edition :
1/e edition
Binding :
Paper Back
Language :
English
Paperback :
156 pages
ISBN-13 :
9789351528197
Dimensions :
6.75 x 9.5
Printing Format Color :
Single Color