Perioperative Safety

Name: Perioperative Safety
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ISBN: 9780323069854

ISBN-10: 0323069851

ISBN-13: 9780323069854

Edition: 2011

Authors: Donna S. Watson

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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…

Book details

List price: $48.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 3/8/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




Overview of Perioperative Safety



Essential Components for a Patient Safety Strategy



Initiatives to Improve Patient Safety



Use of MEDMARX Data for the Support and Development of Perioperative Medication Policy



Competence, Nursing Practice, and Safe Patient Care



Patient Safety



Perioperative Safe Medication Use: A Focused Review



Fire Prevention in the Perioperative Setting: Perioperative Fires Can Occur Everywhere



Bloodless Surgery and Patient Safety Issues



Perioperative Patient Safety and Procedural Sedation



Incidence of Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Surgical Patient Population and Prophylactic Measures to Reduce Occurrence



Preventative Measures for Wrong Site, Wrong Person and Wrong Procedure Errors in the Perioperative Setting



To Count or Not to Count: A Surgical Misadventure



Anesthesia and Perioperative Safety



Preventing Surgical Site Infections



Prevention of Positioning Injuries



Normothermia Management: Prevention of Harm from Perioperative Hypothermia



Electrosurgery



Workplace Safety



Workplace Safety Current Issues & Trends



Hazards from Surgical Smoke: Decreasing Your Risk



Bloodborne Pathogens



Laser Risks and Preventive Measures for Staff



Preventing Back Injuries: Patient Transfer and Mobility



Latex Allergy



Minimizing Radiation Exposure



Infectious Disease Exposure



Dealing with Disruptive Behavior in the Perioperative Setting



Looking Ahead



Safety in the Perioperative Setting: Vendor Support



Using Human Factors to Balance Your Operating Room