Reliability technology, human error, and quality in health care /
B.S. Dhillon.
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008.
- xv, 193 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-189) and index.
Basic mathematical concepts -- Introduction to reliability technology, human error, and quality -- Medical device safety and quality assurance -- Medical device software quality assurance and risk assessment -- Medical device maintenance and sources for obtaining medical device-related failure data -- Human error in health care -- Health care human error reporting systems and models for predicting human reliability and error in health care -- Patient safety -- Introduction to quality in health care -- Quality methods for use in health care.
Medical care--Quality control. Reliability (Engineering) Medical errors. Medical instruments and apparatus--Safety measures. Quality of Health Care. Equipment Safety. Medical Errors. Models, Statistical. Risk Management.