Book[edited by] Donna S. Watson.
Contents:
Overview of perioperative safety
Essential components for a patient safety strategy
Initiatives to improve patient safety
Use of MEDMARX data for the support and development of perioperative medication policy
Competence, nursing practice, and safe patient care
Patient safety
Perioperative safe medication use: a focused review
Fire prevention in the perioperative setting: perioperative fires can occur everywhere
Bloodless surgery and patient safety issues
Perioperative patient safety and procedural sedation
Incidence of deep venous thrombosis in the surgical patient population and prophylactic measures to reduce occurrence
Preventive measures for wrong-site, wrong-person, and wrong-procedure error in the perioperative setting
To count or not to count: a surgical misadventure
Anesthesia and perioperative safety
Preventing surgical site infections
Prevention of positioning injuries
Normothermia management: prevention of harm from perioperative hypothermia
Electrosurgery
Workplace safety
Workplace safety issues and trends
Hazards from surgical smoke: decreasing your risk
Bloodborne pathogens
Laser risks and preventive measures for the staff
Preventing back injuries: patient transfer and mobility
Latex allergy
Minimizing radiation exposure
Infectious disease exposure
Dealing with disruptive behavior in the perioperative setting
Looking ahead
Safety in the perioperative setting: vendor support
Using human factors to balance your operating room.