Ambulatory care organizations are challenged by medication safety, infection prevention and control, environment of care, communication, and other patient safety issues; however, most available benchmarks and initiatives concerning patient safety were developed specifically for hospitals and do not translate easily to ambulatory care settings. Ambulatory surgical centers, office-based surgery practices, community health centers, diagnostic imaging centers, urgent care centers, medical and dental centers, and other ...
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Ambulatory care organizations are challenged by medication safety, infection prevention and control, environment of care, communication, and other patient safety issues; however, most available benchmarks and initiatives concerning patient safety were developed specifically for hospitals and do not translate easily to ambulatory care settings. Ambulatory surgical centers, office-based surgery practices, community health centers, diagnostic imaging centers, urgent care centers, medical and dental centers, and other ambulatory care facilities face critical and unique patient safety issues on a daily basis. A Patient Safety Handbook for Ambulatory Health Care provides proven solutions for keeping patients safe in an ambulatory setting and addresses challenging patient safety concerns. The book explores seven system-level issues: patient-centered care, communication, medication use, surgical safety, infection prevention and control, environment and equipment, and staff education and training.It contains useful tools that educate staff and physicians about patient safety in ambulatory care: Easy-to-adapt forms, checklists, and solutions Critical lessons learned about which approaches work, which don't, and why Real-life case studies on improving patient safety in ambulatory settings Discussions on growing concerns in ambulatory health care, such as the following: Safe medication use, such as chemotherapy drugs and multi-use medication vials Anesthesia issues, such as undiagnosed sleep apnea, patient falls, and malignant hyperthermia Effective infection control, such as hand hygiene and flash sterilization
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