Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections

This book explores the issues surrounding medical errors and examines the science behind possible solutions. It creates a more efficient dialogue that will produce a more systemic targeting of the causes of medical errors and HAIs. The author elucidates the problems, including the complex issues of money and ethics. He uses statistical data to build the case for systemic change and re-confirms that millions of procedures done without error is as an important measuring figure as are the numbers of mistakes.

Do No Harm: A Social Science Approach to Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections-A Systemic Approach to the Epidemic. For-Profit Care: Its Effect on Medical Errors. Medical Errors. Nosocomial Diseases: A Discussion of Issues and Prevention. No More Preventable Deaths: Hospital-Acquired Infections in Canada and One Union's Campaign to Stop Them. Hospital Epidemiology. Staffing and Medical Errors. Working Conditions and Patient Safety: Impacts on Medical Errors. Shift Work and Its Impact on Medical Error. Bullying and Medical Errors. The Relationship between Lateral and Horizontal Violence and Bullying: Nurses and Patient Safety. Special Populations: Medical Error and Infection. Personal Protective Equipment: Patient and Worker Safety. Legal Issues. Technology and Medical Errors. Nursing Injury Rates and Negative Patient Outcomes: Connecting the Dots. Industrial Hygiene for Health-Care Workers: Exposures Causing Injuries. Perspectives of a Frontline Nurse. Medical Error: A Personal Story. Index.