Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Vignettes in Patient Safety - Volume 2

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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

Published10 January 2018

Doi10.5772/intechopen.69032

ISBN978-953-51-3731-3

Print ISBN978-953-51-3730-6

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4076-4

Copyright year2018

Number of pages202

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Introductory Chapter: Developing Patient Safety Champions

By Julia C. Tolentino, Noel Martins, Joan Sweeney, Christine Marchionni, Pamela Valenza, Thomas C. McGinely, Thomas R. Wojda, Michael S. Firstenberg and Stanislaw P. Stawicki

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2. Effective Handoff Communication

By Jesse Clanton, Meghan Clark, Whitney Loggins and Robert Herron

1,755
4. Overcrowding in the Emergency Department and Patient Safety

By Donald Jeanmonod and Rebecca Jeanmonod

2,187
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6. Interhospital Transfers: Managing Competing Priorities while Ensuring Patient Safety

By Joshua Luster, Franz S. Yanagawa, Charles Bendas, Christine L. Ramirez, James Cipolla and Stanislaw P. Stawicki

2,311
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7. Retained Foreign Body

By Jonathan F. Bean and Mamta Swaroop

1,532
8. Wrong-Site Procedures: Preventable Never Events that Continue to Happen

By Andrew Lin, Brian Wernick, Julia C. Tolentino and Stanislaw P. Stawicki

1,874
3
9. Exposure Keratopathy in the Intensive Care Unit: Do Not Neglect the Unseen

By Benjamin Bird, Stephen Dingley, Stanislaw P. Stawicki and Thomas R. Wojda

1,693
2
10. Bedside Procedure: Retained Central Venous Catheter

By Maureen E. Cheung, Logan T. Mellert and Michael S. Firstenberg

1,611

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