Overview

The only book devoted to this increasingly important issue, Perioperative Safety helps you reduce risk in a setting where even small errors can lead to life-threatening complications. Expert author Donna Watson addresses essential safety principles and concepts, covering patient safety with topics such as the latest safety strategies and initiatives, perioperative safe medication use, preventing infections, anesthesia safety, normothermia management, and electrosurgery. Coverage of staff and workplace safety helps you minimize risk with bloodborne pathogens, latex allergy, the use of lasers, and radiation exposure. Case studies show the application of safety concepts in real-world situations. Unique! The only book devoted to the increasingly important issue of perioperative safety, where small errors can lead to life-threatening complications. Unique! Highly qualified writers are some of the leading experts in the perioperative field, so material is up to date and emphasizes the most important information. Unique! Clinical Points boxes call attention to key points in promoting safety for both patients and staff in the perioperative setting. Unique! Case studies describe real-life scenarios related to promoting patient safety. Figures and tables are used to support important content.

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Author:   Donna S. Watson (Senior Clinical Educator, Covidien Energy-Based Devices, Boulder, CO)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Mosby
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780323069854

ISBN 10:   0323069851
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   23 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Unit I: Overview of Perioperative Safety 1. Essential Components for a Patient Safety Strategy 2. Initiatives to Improve Patient Safety 3. Use of MEDMARX Data for the Support and Development of Perioperative Medication Policy 4. Competence, Nursing Practice, and Safe Patient Care Unit II: Patient Safety 5. Perioperative Safe Medication Use: A Focused Review 6. Fire Prevention in the Perioperative Setting: Perioperative Fires Can Occur Everywhere 7. Bloodless Surgery and Patient Safety Issues 8. Perioperative Patient Safety and Procedural Sedation 9. Incidence of Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Surgical Patient Population and Prophylactic Measures to Reduce Occurrence 10. Preventative Measures for Wrong Site, Wrong Person and Wrong Procedure Errors in the Perioperative Setting 11. To Count or Not to Count: A Surgical Misadventure 12. Anesthesia and Perioperative Safety 13. Preventing Surgical Site Infections 14. Prevention of Positioning Injuries 15. Normothermia Management: Prevention of Harm from Perioperative Hypothermia 16. Electrosurgery Unit III: Workplace Safety 17. Workplace Safety Current Issues & Trends 18. Hazards from Surgical Smoke: Decreasing Your Risk 19. Bloodborne Pathogens 20. Laser Risks and Preventive Measures for Staff 21. Preventing Back Injuries: Patient Transfer and Mobility 22. Latex Allergy 23. Minimizing Radiation Exposure 24. Infectious Disease Exposure 25. Dealing with Disruptive Behavior in the Perioperative Setting Unit IV: Looking Ahead 26. Safety in the Perioperative Setting: Vendor Support 27. Using Human Factors to Balance Your Operating Room

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