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Focus on Safe Medication Practices - Softcover

Melanie Rantucci; Christine Stewart; Ian Stewart

 
9780781770781: Focus on Safe Medication Practices

Synopsis

"Focus on Safe Medication Practices" explains how and why medication errors occur and provides strategies and procedures for both preventing and managing medication incidents. The text includes careful guidelines, prevention strategies, thought-provoking questions, and plenty of case studies. To assist readers in developing and implementing safe medication practices, the book focuses on eight essential goals - becoming aware of the issue; learning the terminology; understanding the scope and frequency of incidents; identifying common types of errors; recognizing medication incident issues within specific specialty areas; identifying potential sources of error; implementing measures to reduce the risk of incidents; and, dealing with medication incidents.

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Synopsis

"Focus on Safe Medication Practices" gives an overview of the risks of various types of medication incidents and preventive strategies. It is designed as an adjunct to comprehensive training in communication skills and dispensing procedures to improve patient safety. The book provides an overview as well as specific examples of medication incidents and prevention strategies.

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