Alan Merry (University of Auckland), Joyce Wahr (University of Minnesota)

Medication Safety During Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This essential book offers a complete picture of the current state of medication safety in anesthesia and the perioperative period, providing a basis for understanding what needs to be done to improve patient outcomes. Aimed at medical trainees and specialists working in the fields of anesthesia, nursing and pharmacology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 196mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 788g
• ISBN-13: 9781107194106
• ISBN-10: 1107194105
• Artikelnr.: 59991741

Autorenporträt

Alan Merry is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to Medication Safety in Anesthesia and the Perioperative
Period; 2. Frequency and Nature of Failures in Medication Safety during
Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period; 3. Frequency and Nature of
Failures in Medication Safety in the Intensive Care Unit and Ward; 4.
Impact of Medication Errors on the Patient and Family: Managing the
Aftermath; 5. Consequences for the Practitioner; 6. Why Failures Occur in
the Safe Management of Medications; 7. Errors in the Context of the
Perioperative Administration of Medications; 8. Violations and Medication
Safety; 9. Interventions to Improve Medication Safety; 10. Medication
Safety in Special Contexts; 11. Legal and Regulatory Responses to Avoidable
Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period Part
I: General Principles; 12. Appropriate Legal and Regulatory Responses to
Avoidable Adverse Medication Events in Anesthesia and the Perioperative
Period Part II: Practical Examples; 13. Barriers to Improving Medication
Safety: Why is Patient Safety So Hard?; 14. Conclusions.