Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-189) and index.
Contents:
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.
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