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Patient Safety Standards in the Neuro-ICU

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As a result of both foundational and recent work, a call to action to urgently redesign global care systems to enhance quality and improve patient safety has become a priority. This chapter will overview the structure, process, and outcome measures that can be applied to NeuroCritical Care to enhance patient safety and optimize quality of care.

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  1. Department of Neurocritical Care, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

    Susan Yeager MS, RN, CCRN, ACNP, FNCS

  2. College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Sarah Livesay DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, ACNS-BC

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  3. Department of Neurology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA

    Tamer Abdelhak

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Yeager, S., Livesay, S. (2015). Patient Safety Standards in the Neuro-ICU. In: Wartenberg, K., Shukri, K., Abdelhak, T. (eds) Neurointensive Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17293-4_1

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