Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1 - Patient safety methodologies
Chapter 2 - Measuring patient safety
Section II: Concepts
Chapter 3 - Patient identification
Chapter 4 - Teamwork and communication Chapter 5 - Transitions of Care and Communications
Chapter 6 - Graduate medical education and patient safety
Chapter 7 – Information Technology and patient safety
Chapter 8–Clinical ethics and patient safety
Chapter 9 – Health Equity: A key aspect of patient safety
Chapter 10 – High Reliability
Section III: Examples
Chapter 11 -Medication error
Chapter 12 - Medication reconciliation error
Chapter 13 - Retained surgical items
Chapter 14 - Wrong-site surgery
Chapter 15 - Transfusion-related hazards
Chapter 16 - Hospital-acquired infections
Chapter 17–Hospital falls
Chapter 18- Pressure ulcers
Chapter 19 - Diagnostic error
Section IV: Special considerations
Chapter 20–Patient safety in pediatrics
Chapter 21 - Patient safety in radiology
Chapter 22- Patient safety in anesthesia
Chapter 23 - Patient safety in behavioral health
Chapter 24–Patient safety in outpatient care
Chapter 25 - Patient safety in critical careChapter 26: Patient safety in long-term care and nursing homes
Chapter 27: Patient safety in emergency department
Section V: Organizational issues
Chapter 28–Error disclosure
Chapter 29–The culture of safety
Chapter 30 - Second victim
