Details

Edition

2nd ed.

Description

1 online resource (xxiv, 680 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / David W. Bates -- Preface / Michael R. Cohen -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- pt. 1. Preparing for action -- 1. Systems analysis and redesign : the foundation of medical error prevention / Lucian L. Leape -- 2. Research on errors in dispensing and medication administration / Elizabeth Allan Flynn and Kenneth N. Barker -- 3. Health care providers' experiences with making fatal medication errors / Zane Robinson Wolf -- pt. 2. Understanding the causes of medication errors -- 4. Causes of medication errors / Michael R. Cohen -- 5. Root cause analysis of medication errors / Mary Burkhardt, Caryl Lee, Lesley Taylor, Rodney Williams, and James Bagian -- 6. The role of drug names in medication errors / Michael R. Cohen, George Di Domizio, and Robert E. Lee, Jr. -- 7. The role of drug packaging and labeling in medication errors / Michael R. Cohen -- 8. Error prone abbreviations and dose expressions / Michael J. Gaunt and Michael R. Cohen -- pt. 3. Preventing medication errors : a shared responsibility -- 9. Preventing prescribing errors / Michael R. Cohen -- 10. Preventing dispensing errors / Michael R. Cohen and Judy L. Smetzer -- 11. Preventing drug administration errors / Judy L. Smetzer and Michael R. Cohen -- 12. Preventing medication errors related to drug delivery devices / Judy L. Smetzer and Michael R. Cohen.

13. The patient's role in preventing medication errors / Stacy A. Aimette, Nancy R. Tuohy, and Michael R. Cohen -- pt. 4. Preventing medication errors : specific medications, patients, and conditions -- 14. High-alert medications: safeguarding against errors / Michael R. Cohen, Judy L. Smetzer, Nancy R. Tuohy, and Charles M. Kilo -- 15. Using technology to prevent medication errors / Matthew Grissinger, Hedy Cohen, and Allen J. Vaida -- 16. Preventing medication errors in cancer chemotherapy / Michael R. Cohen -- 17. Preventing medication errors in pediatric and neonatal patients / Stuart Levine and Michael R. Cohen -- 18. Preventing medication errors with immunologic drugs / John D. Grabenstein and Michael R. Cohen -- pt. 5. Reducing risks and creating a just culture of safety -- 19. Medication error reporting systems / Judy L. Smetzer and Michael R. Cohen -- 20. Disclosing medication errors to patients and families / Nancy R. Tuohy and Judy L. Smetzer -- 21. Health care failure mode and effects analysis -- 1. Introduction to failure mode and effects analysis / J.W. Senders and S.J. Senders -- 2. An application of failure mode and effects analysis / Judy L. Smetzer and Michael R. Cohen -- 3. Veterans health administration approach to failure mode and effects analysis / Mary Burkhardt, Joseph DeRosier, Erik Stalhandske, and James Bagian -- 22. The clinical bioethics of safe medication practices / J. Russell Teagarden -- 23. Managing medication risks through a culture of safety / Judy L. Smetzer -- Index.

Note

Description based on print version record.

GMD: electronic resource.

Subject

Medication errors.

Medication Errors.

Added Author

Cohen, Michael R. (Michael Richard), 1944-

American Pharmacists Association.

Other Form:

Print version: Medication errors. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C. : American Pharmacists Association, c2007 1582120927 9781582120928 (DLC) 2006022484 (OCoLC)70663720