TY - BOOK AU - Dhillon, B.S. TI - Patient safety: an engineering approach SN - 9781138115002 U1 - 610.289 DH PA PY - 2012/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Medical errors KW - Prevention KW - Patients KW - Safety measures KW - MEDICAL KW - Allied Health Services KW - Medical Technology KW - Biotechnology KW - Family & General Practice KW - Lasers in Medicine KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Biomedical N2 - "Each year a vast sum of money is spent on health care around the globe and patient safety has become a serious global public health issue. Filled with up-to-date information, this book demonstrates how to handle patient safety-related problems by using methods developed in the area of engineering. It contains a chapter on mathematical concepts and another chapter on introductory material on safety and human factors considered essential to understand materials presented in subsequent chapters. The author's presentation covers topics in such a manner that readers will require no previous knowledge to understand the concepts" UR - https://uowd.box.com/s/h9s7x66x87tbcetegd7z254t9d87r5l4 ER -