Medication Safety: A Guide for Health Care FacilitiesMedication safety is the most challenging goal for pharmacy practice and patient safety professionals in all health care facilities. This book serves as an essential reference guide for planning and implementing a medication safety program. Written by nationally-recognized experts, Medication Safety: A Guide for Health Care Facilities provides a comprehensive analysis of principles and practices associated with the prevention and identification of medication errors, as well as interdisciplinary, facility-wide recommendations for achieving medication safety in all settings. This book is divided into four sections so users can easily find the information they need: the Importance of Medication Safety, the Medication Safety Team, Building a Safe Medication Use System, and Measuring Medication Safety. |
Contents
The Role of the Leader in Advancing Patient Safety | 17 |
A Business Case for Patient Safety? | 33 |
What to Focus on FirstPrioritizing SafetyImprovement Initiatives | 57 |
THE MEDICATIONSAFETY TEAM | 73 |
Sondra | 89 |
The PracticeChange System Applied to Medication Safety | 107 |
Federal Government State Government and PrivateSector Roles | 141 |
89 | 154 |
The Safe Use of Technology in Hospitals and Health Systems | 185 |
Application of Human Factors Engineering in Process | 201 |
Safe SupplyChain Management | 227 |
Drug Information Resources and Medication Safety | 253 |
Patient Safety in Clinical Trials | 275 |
A Key Component of the PatientSafety System | 291 |
Characteristics of HighReliability Organizations | 319 |
The Science of PatientSafety Research | 351 |
The Role of Effective Communication in Health Care | 165 |
Designing an Internal Reporting and Learning System | 173 |
The Role of the Patient and Family in Preventing | 369 |
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