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Apr 19, 2024
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2020-2022 Catalog Volume XXX Ver 3 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PPR 6012 Introduction to Principles in Patient Safety
Lecture: 2 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 2
This course is designed to introduce the student to the issues surrounding patient safety, medication errors and the design of systems to prevent medical errors from occurring. With the publication of the landmark report, “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” in 1999, the landscape of patient care has evolved to include the study of errors and how they occur. This course provides an introduction to understanding the history and evolution of patient and medication safety, the principles of human factors and how they affect errors within the healthcare system, defining medication errors and adverse drug events; and the principles, techniques, and technology for reducing errors and their effects on patients. Emphasis will be placed on quality improvement, risk, patient outcomes and culture in our healthcare system.
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