On the radar - Safety and Quality：在雷达上的安全和质量.docx

On the RadarIssue 16831 March 2014On the Radar is a summary of some of the recent publications in the areas of safety and quality in health care. Inclusion in this document is not an endorsement or recommendation of any publication or provider.Access to particular documents may depend on whether they are Open Access or not, and/or your individual or institutional access to subscription sites/services. Material that may require subscription is included as it is considered relevant.On the Radar is available online, via email or as a PDF document from .au/publications-resources/on-the-radar/If you would like to receive On the Radar via email, you can subscribe on our website .au/ or by emailing us at HUmail@.auU. You can also send feedback and comments to HUmail@.auU.For information about the Commission and its programs and publications, please visit .auYou can also follow us on Twitter @ACSQHC.On the RadarEditor: Dr Niall Johnson niall.johnson@.auContributors: Niall Johnson, Alice BhasaleBooksPatient Safety: An essential guideGluyas H, Morrison PLondon: Palgrave McMillan, 2013.NotesGluyas and Morrison (two Australian-based clinicians and educators) have written this book, as they say in their Introduction, to be a practical guide to patient safety for health practitioners. It provides a survey or distillation of the main areas of patient safety and suggests how clinicians may address such issues in their own practices and behaviours, often with a human factors approach. The book includes chapters on healthcare associated infections, medications errors, teamwork, managing risk, situational awareness and patient engagement (the absence of falls and pressure ulcers is noted in the Introduction). It uses scenarios, narratives and exercises, along with more overt guidance, to aid clinicians in thinking about patient safety. The practical aspect may have been strengthened if links to more resources, particularly Internet-based and Australian sources and sites, had been prov