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Book SynopsisPocket sized and practical, this handbook is the ideal guide to support frontline staff and trainees, as well as all allied professionals in the name of patient safety. It will aim to demystify what is often seen as a complex topic, helping doctors understand the methods needed to provide safe care.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction to science and theory of patient safety 1: Peter Lachman & John Fitzsimons: The Rationale and science of Patient Safety 2: Ahmeda Ali & John Fitzsimons: The Culture and system of Patient Safety 3: Blair L. Sadler & Peter Lachman: Transparent Leadership for safety 4: John Brennan, Eugene Nelson, Sibylle Erdmann & Margaret Murphy: Codesigning for Safety and Patients Leading for Safety 5: James F O'Mahony: The Economics of Patient Safety 6: Patricia O'Connor: Developing a Safe Clinical Team 7: David Crosby & Peter Lachman: Communicating to be Safe 8: Eoin Fitzgerald & Peter Lachman: Situation Awareness and patient safety 9: Thomas Jun & Sue Hignett: Practical Application of Human Factors and ergonomics to Improve Safety 10: Uma Kotagal & Peter Lachman: Reliability Theory and its application in daily work and standardisation 11: Kate Churruca, Robyn Clay-Williams, Janet C Long, Louise A Ellis & Jeffrey Braithwaite: Resilience Theory, Complexity Science and Safety 2 Part 2 Practical application and methodologies of patient safety 12: Jason Leitch & Thomas Lamont: Measuring Patient Safety at a System, Organisation and National Level 13: Jane Runnacles & John Fitzsimons: How to Measure Patient Safety on the Front Line 14: Peter Lachman, Susanne O'Reilly, Michael Marx and John Brennan: Improving to be Safe 15: Adrian Plunkett: Learning from Success to be safer 16: Kevin Stewart & Rachel Pool: Investigating and learning from Adverse Events 17: Mark O'Brien & Pallavi Bradshaw: Open Disclosure 18: Kris Vanhaecht: Caring for the Caregivers - The Second Victim Part 3 Translating theory to clinical practice 19: Christopher Cornue: Safety and information technology 20: Frank Frederico: Enabling Medication Safety 21: James Hoffman & Kristen Hughes: Paediatric medication safety 22: Rob Cunney: Preventing and Decreasing Infections 23: Rob Cunney: Sepsis and Antimicrobial stewardship 24: Anita Jayadev, Karen Britton & Shefal Patel:: Detecting and Limiting Deterioration 25: Tricia Woodhead and Gail Nielsen: Preventing and Limiting Diagnostic Error 26: John Brennan: Safety in Primary Care and General Practice 27: Damian Roland & Jay Banerjee: Safety in the Emergency Department 28: Anita Jayadev & Sean Harding: Safety in Outpatients and Ambulatory Care 29: Rob Bethune: Safety in the operating theatre 30: Jane Runnacles: Safety in Paediatrics and Child Health 31: David Crosby: Safety in Maternity and Women's Health 32: Daniel Hayes: Safety in Mental Health 33: Kevin Rooney & Suying Ong: Safety in Intensive Care 34: Kirstyn James: Safety in Patients with Frailty and Complex Long-Term Conditions 35: Kieran Murray & Michael Marx: Safety in a multi-disciplinary team 36: Kevin O'Hare: Safety in the laboratory 37: Riccardo Trataglia, Micaela La Regina and Peter Lachman: Safety in a pandemic
