RT Book, Section
A1 Cooper, Jeffrey B.
A1 Longnecker, David E.
A2 Longnecker, David E.
A2 Brown, David L.
A2 Newman, Mark F.
A2 Zapol, Warren M.
SR Print(0)
ID 56620289
T1 Chapter 3. Safety and Quality: The Guiding Principles of Patient-Centered Care
T2 Anesthesiology, 2e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178513-6
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56620289
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  patient  should  be  the  focus  of  anesthesia  care.The  goal  of  anesthesia  care  must  be  to  ensure  that  no  patient  is  harmed.Preventing  harm  is  challenging  because  care  is  complex  and  serious  adverse  events  are  relatively  rare  and  often  the  result  of  many  causes  rather  than  a  single  one.Serious  adverse  events  are  usually  the  result  of  weaknesses  in  the  "system"  of  anesthesia  care,  not  the  fault  of  incompetent  clinicians.To  prevent  adverse  events,  a  strategy  is  needed,  not  simply  vigilance.Organizations,  departments,  and  groups  must  use  a  top-down  approach  and  a  commitment  to  creating  a  safe  environment  and  system  for  safety.Safety  must  be  the  number  1  priority  to  create  an  organization  that  operates  at  the  highest  level  of  reliability.Anesthesia  professionals  must  employ  a  broad  array  of  safety  tactics.Teamwork  and  communication  among  the  perioperative  caregivers  are  critical  components  of  patient  safety.