Safe by design : designing safety in health care facilities, processes, and culture

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Personal Author:

Reiling, John

Publication Information:

New York : Joint Commission Resources Mission, 2007

Physical Description:

xi, 141 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

ISBN:

9781599401041

Subject Term:

Health facilities -- Design and construction

Health facilities -- Safety measures

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Library	Item Barcode	Call Number	Material Type	Item Category 1	Status
Searching... PSZ JB	30000010215828	RA967 R44 2007	Open Access Book	Book	Searching... Unknown

Helping you design safety into your health care facility, both for new facilities and renovations, this title lets you discover the value of involving nurses, physicians, medical directors, patients, and others during the design development stage, and learn the design trends and what they can do for patient safety in health care environments.

Thomas K. Wallen, AIAJohn W. Overton, Jr., M.D.

Foreword	p. v
Introduction	p. vii
Chapter 1 An Overview of Patient Safety and Its Impact on Facility Design	p. 1
Chapter 2 The National Learning Lab	p. 11
Chapter 3 Preparing for the Facility Safety Design Process	p. 21
Chapter 4 Applying the National Learning Lab Recommendations to the Safety Design Process	p. 33
Chapter 5 Using the Facility Design Process to Enhance a Safety Culture	p. 57
Chapter 6 Safe By Design: An Architect's Perspective	p. 69
Chapter 7 Fostering Medical Staff Involvement in Facility Design and Safety Culture	p. 85
Chapter 8 Putting It All Together: A Case Study of One Organization's Use of the National Learning Lab Recommendations	p. 101
Chapter 9 Implementing Safe by Design: Overcoming Resistance and Achieving Success	p. 109
Chapter 10 The Business Case for Facility Design Focused on Patient Safety	p. 115
Bibliography	p. 125
Index	p. 133

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