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Vignettes in Patient Safety - Volume 1

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Academic Editor

Michael S. Firstenberg
Michael S. Firstenberg

The Medical Center of Aurora,
United States of America

Co-editor

Stanislaw P. Stawicki
Stanislaw P. Stawicki

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

Published13 September 2017

Doi10.5772/66106

ISBN978-953-51-3520-3

Print ISBN978-953-51-3519-7

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4653-7

Copyright year2017

Number of pages186

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2. Improving Childbirth and Maternal Care - How to Foster the Use of Good Practices for Patient Safety

By Barbara Labella, Roberta De Blasi, Vanda Raho, Giulia De Matteis, Quinto Tozzi and Giovanni Caracci

1,449
1,578
4. Dangers of Polypharmacy

By Pamela L. Valenza, Thomas C. McGinley, James Feldman, Pritiben Patel, Kristine Cornejo, Najmus Liang, Roopa Anmolsingh and Noble McNaughton

2,102
7
5. Wrong Patient, Wrong Drug: An Unfortunate Confluence of Events

By Anna Njarlangattil Thomas, Danielle Belser, Stephanie Rabenold, Omalara Olabisi Bamgbelu, Amaravani Mandalapu, Michael Pipestone, Alaa‐Eldin A Mira and Ric Baxter

1,182
1
6. Inadequate Decontamination Procedures: Sepsis Following Uneventful Endoscopy

By Ellyn A. Smith, Kimberly J. Chaput and Berhanu M. Geme

1,405
1,725
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9. Wrong Blood Type: Transfusion Reaction

By Holly Ringhauser and James Cipolla

1,958
10. Patient Self-Harm in the Emergency Department: An Evidence- Based Approach

By Ronya Silmi, Joshua Luster, Jacqueline Seoane, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Thomas J. Papadimos, Farhad Sholevar and Christine Marchionni

2,183
2

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