Sections

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• I. Introduction
  • 1. Guidelines and Safety Practices for Improving Patient Safety
  • 2. Brief Story of a Clinical Risk Manager
  • 3. Human Error and Patient Safety
  • 4. Looking to the Future
  • 5. Safer Care: Shaping the Future
  • 6. Patients for Patient Safety
  • 7. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety from the Perspective of Medical Residents
• II. Background
  • 8. Patient Safety in the World
  • 9. Infection Prevention and Control
  • 10. The Patient Journey
  • 11. Adverse Event Investigation and Risk Assessment
  • 12. From Theory to Real-World Integration: Implementation Science and Beyond
• III. Patient Safety in the Main Clinical Specialties
  • 13. Intensive Care and Anesthesiology
  • 14. Safe Surgery Saves Lives
  • 15. Emergency Department Clinical Risk
  • 16. Obstetric Safety Patient
  • 17. Patient Safety in Internal Medicine
  • 18. Risks in Oncology and Radiation Therapy
  • 19. Patient Safety in Orthopedics and Traumatology
  • 20. Patient Safety and Risk Management in Mental Health
  • 21. Patient Safety in Pediatrics
  • 22. Patient Safety in Radiology
  • 23. Organ Donor Risk Stratification in Italy
  • 24. Patient Safety in Laboratory Medicine
  • 25. Patient Safety in Ophthalmology
• IV. Healthcare Organization
  • 26. Community and Primary Care
  • 27. Complexity Science as a Frame for Understanding the Management and Delivery of High Quality and Safer Care
  • 28. Measuring Clinical Workflow to Improve Quality and Safety
  • 29. Shiftwork Organization
  • 30. Non-technical Skills in Healthcare
  • 31. Medication Safety
  • 32. Digital Technology and Usability and Ergonomics of Medical Devices
  • 33. Lessons Learned from the Japan Obstetric Compensation System for Cerebral Palsy: A Novel System of Data Aggregation, Investigation, Amelioration, and No-Fault Compensation
  • 34. Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles and Responsibilities for Preparedness