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Contents

**Preface VII**

Philip Salen

Chapter 4 **Dangers of Polypharmacy 47**

Noble McNaughton

**of Events 71**

**Catheter 95**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: The Decades Long Quest Continues Toward Better, Safer Healthcare Systems 1** Stanislaw P. Stawicki and Michael S. Firstenberg

Chapter 2 **Improving Childbirth and Maternal Care - How to Foster the Use of Good Practices for Patient Safety 15**

Quinto Tozzi and Giovanni Caracci

Chapter 3 **Transitions of Care: Complications and Solutions 37**

Chapter 5 **Wrong Patient, Wrong Drug: An Unfortunate Confluence**

Chapter 6 **Inadequate Decontamination Procedures: Sepsis Following**

Ellyn A. Smith, Kimberly J. Chaput and Berhanu M. Geme

Chapter 7 **Unnecessary Complications: The Forgotten Indwelling Urinary**

Kathleen A. Hromatka and Weidun Alan Guo

Pipestone, Alaa‐Eldin A Mira and Ric Baxter

**Uneventful Endoscopy 85**

Barbara Labella, Roberta De Blasi, Vanda Raho, Giulia De Matteis,

Pamela L. Valenza, Thomas C. McGinley, James Feldman, Pritiben Patel, Kristine Cornejo, Najmus Liang, Roopa Anmolsingh and

Anna Njarlangattil Thomas, Danielle Belser, Stephanie Rabenold, Omalara Olabisi Bamgbelu, Amaravani Mandalapu, Michael
