By
Donna Watson, RN, MSN, CNOR, ARNP-BC, FNP-C, Senior Clinical Educator, Covidien Energy-Based Devices, Boulder, CO
Description
The only book devoted to this increasingly important issue,
Perioperative Safety helps you reduce risk in a setting
where even small errors can lead to life-threatening complications. Expert author Donna Watson addresses essential safety principles
and concepts, covering patient safety with topics such as the latest safety strategies and initiatives, perioperative safe medication
use, preventing infections, anesthesia safety, normothermia management, and electrosurgery. Coverage of staff and workplace safety helps
you minimize risk with bloodborne pathogens, latex allergy, the use of lasers, and radiation exposure. Case studies show the application
of safety concepts in real-world situations.
