Contemporary Topics in Patient Safety - Volume 2 2023
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.108005
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Patient Safety in the Critical Care Setting: Common Risks and Review of Evidence-Based Mitigation Strategies

Abstract: The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has evolved in the last 50 years. This evolution’s main drivers include equipment and software improvements, the patient safety movement, and a better pathophysiological understanding of critical illness. There is mounting pressure from accreditation agencies, governmental regulation, financial challenges, operational dynamics, staffing changes, and increased acuity affecting-ICU care delivery and impacting patient safety. There are higher than ever expectations to improve clinica… Show more

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“…Intensive care settings provide lifesaving care for critically ill patients; however, it is associated with significant risk for adverse events and serious errors with multiple interactions between multidisciplinary healthcare providers, patients and medical advice, with increasingly complex interface (5) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Intensive care settings provide lifesaving care for critically ill patients; however, it is associated with significant risk for adverse events and serious errors with multiple interactions between multidisciplinary healthcare providers, patients and medical advice, with increasingly complex interface (5) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%