Publisher's Synopsis
This book on quality and safety is a compilation of articles by experts working in intensive care or in the field of patient safety and will definitely be useful for all intensivists who desire to improve quality and safety at their workplace. Is there a road map for a sincere and dedicated intensivist who wants to make patient care as safe as possible in his or her ICU? This book:
- Identifies the changes required in physical infrastructure and human resource in your ICU.
- Studies the clinical and organizational processes being carried out in your ICU.
- Looks at the barriers to carrying out these processes safely (many times factors like nurse-patient ratios and rapid staff turnover are not under our control) and identify the ones that are most important and can be changed.
- Creates a system for identifying error and dealing with it non-punitively and nonjudgmentally.
- Fosters a spirit of individual responsibility and accountability, one that asks "What can I do to make the process that I am carrying out safe for my patient".
