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001 2013030183
003 DLC
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008 130806t20142014flua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013030183
020 $a9781466573628 (hardback)
020 $a1466573627 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aR729.8$b.A76 2014
082 00 $a610.28/9$223
084 $aTEC017000$aTEC032000$aMED002000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aAround the patient bed :$bhuman factors and safety in health care /$c[edited by] Yoel Donchin, Daniel Gopher.
264 1 $aBoca Raton :$bCRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axvi, 329 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aHuman factors and ergonomics
520 $a"This book presents a systematic human factors-based proactive approach to the improvement of health care work and patient safety. The proposed approach delineates a more direct and powerful alternative to the contemporary dominant focus on error investigation and care providers' accountability. It demonstrates how significant improvements in the quality of care and enhancement of patient safety are contingent on a major shift from efforts and investments driven by a retroactive study of errors, incidents and adverse events, to an emphasis on proactive human factors driven intervention and on the development of corresponding conceptual approaches and methods for its systematic implementation"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Preface There has been a growing awareness among the general public and the medical professional community of the occurrence of failures and mistakes in health care, from primary care procedures to the complexities of the operating room. Medical personnel and policy makers are desirous for both an assessment and investigation of the problem in order to unveil the root cause to pinpoint the factors and guilty parties, and proposals for corrective measures and improvement of the situation. This book examines the problem and investigates the tools to improve health care quality and safety from a human engineering viewpoint--the applied scientific field engaged in the interaction between the human operator (functionary, worker), the task requirements, the governing technical systems, and the characteristics of the work environment. The editors' major claim is that the main cause for the multiplicity of medical errors is not lack of motivation or carelessness of care providers, rather the hostile and unfriendly work environment confronted by doctors, nurses, and other members of the medical team. The health care working environment in the main is not properly planned, nor is it appropriate to the tasks facing the team members; it is considerably disadvantaged by the lack of a systemic thought approach enabling the system to allow carrying out of tasks in an efficient and safe manner. The book's chapters are based on a theoretical and practical approach developed by the editors, Yoel Donchin, representing the medical profession, and Daniel Gopher, from the human factors engineering field, cooperating over a period of approximately two decades. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aMedical errors$xPrevention.
650 0 $aPatients$xSafety measures.
650 0 $aMedical care$xSafety measures.
650 7 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Quality Control.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aMEDICAL / Administration.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aDonchin, Yoel,$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aGopher, Daniel,$eeditor of compilation.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://images.tandf.co.uk/common/jackets/websmall/978146657/9781466573628.jpg