Disaster response and planning for libraries

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Pat Croskerry ... [et al

With the increased emphasis on reducing medical errors in an emergency setting, this book will focus on patient safety within the emergency department--where preventable medical errors often occur. The book will provide both an overview of patient safety within health care--the 'culture of safety,' importance of teamwork, organizational change--and specific guidelines on issues such as medication safety, procedural complications, and clinician fatigue, to ensure quality care in the ED. Special sections discuss ED design, medication safety, and awareness of the 'culture of safety.'

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Willie Hammer

For courses in industrial safety. This classic text offers a practical, contemporary approach to accident prevention-based on legal, management, and technical aspects of the application of system safety engineering to industrial safety.

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Will La Page

"In today's society, hidden beliefs can subtly guide the management of parks, such as treating them as natural resources rather than national assets. Resulting management practices often lead to deferred maintenance on park infrastructure, causing inadequate protection from vandalism, poaching, and theft of artefacts. A sad demise, often due to an out-dated belief that parks are non-essential leisure services rather than necessities for a vibrant modern life. This book challenges the reader to examine the core beliefs that created our public parklands, comparing them with the beliefs that guide contemporary park stewardship in an effort to improve the management of parks and reassess their purpose in modern life."--Pub. desc.

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David A. Adler

Discusses the reasons for inflation, the effects it has on the spending power of the government and the individual, the influence of supply and demand, and what can be done to curb this phenomena.