Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Vignettes in Patient Safety - Volume 4

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Academic Editor

Stanislaw P. Stawicki
Stanislaw P. Stawicki

St. Luke's University Health Network,
United States of America

Co-editor

Michael S. Firstenberg
Michael S. Firstenberg

The Medical Center of Aurora,
United States of America

Published18 September 2019

Doi10.5772/intechopen.75373

ISBN978-1-83962-202-1

Print ISBN978-1-83962-201-4

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-1-83962-203-8

Copyright year2019

Number of pages164

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1. Introductory Chapter: Patient Safety is the Cornerstone of Modern Health-Care Delivery Systems

By Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Alyssa M. Green, Gary G. Lu, Gregory Domer, Timothy Oskin and Michael S. Firstenberg

1,136
3. Communication in Surgery for Patient Safety

By Daniel Kinyuru Ojuka, Lydia Okutoyi and Frederick C. Otieno

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4. Fundamentals of Medical Radiation Safety: Focus on Reducing Short-Term and Long-Term Harmful Exposures

By Alex Alers, Philip Salen, Vikas Yellapu, Manish Garg, Charles Bendas, Nicholas Cardiges, Gregory Domer, Timothy Oskin, Jay Fisher and Stanislaw P. Stawicki

1,395
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6. Combating Alarm Fatigue: The Quest for More Accurate and Safer Clinical Monitoring Equipment

By James Nguyen, Kendra Davis, Giuseppe Guglielmello and Stanislaw P. Stawicki

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8. Comprehensive and Live Air Purification as a Key Environmental, Clinical, and Patient Safety Factor: A Prospective Evaluation

By Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Chad Brisendine, Lee Levicoff, Frank Ford, Beverly Snyder, Sherrine Eid and Kathryn C. Worrilow

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