Vignettes in Patient Safety Volume 1

• Other Authors: Firstenberg, Michael S. (Editor), Stawicki, Stanislaw P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2017
• Subjects: Public health & preventive medicine; risk factors, elderly, sepsis, endoscopy, childbirth, hemolysis
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

It is clearly recognized that medical errors represent a significant source of preventable healthcare-related morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, evidence shows that such complications are often the result of a series of smaller errors, missed opportunities, poor communication, breakdowns in estab...