RT Book, Section
A1 Huston, Tara L.
A1 Francis, Kenneth R.
A2 Grant, Robert T.
A2 Chen, Constance M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1175918778
T1 Patient Safety & Preparation
T2 Cosmetic Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071470797
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175918778
RD 2024/04/20
AB Providing  safe  care  to  the  patient  who  is  undergoing  plastic  surgery  is  traditionally  composed  of  two  components:  establishing  quality  of  care  and  preparing  the  patient  for  the  clinical  procedure.  This  chapter  will  be  separated  based  on  that  distinction.  Establishing  quality  of  care  involves  ensuring  the  safety  of  the  facility,  obtaining  certification,  retaining  necessary  equipment  and  personnel,  as  well  as,  being  able  to  expeditiously  transfer  a  patient  to  the  next  level  of  care  for  extended  or  emergency  needs.  Preparing  the  patient  for  the  procedure  involves  preoperative  testing,  thorough  medical  evaluation,  prophylactic  therapies  when  indicated,  and  a  comprehensive  drug  history  that  includes  use  of  herbal  agents  and  cosmeceuticals.  The  guidelines  provided  in  this  chapter  are  not  rules  but  suggestions  about  how  to  maintain  the  highest  level  of  patient  safety.  Only  a  small  number  of  states  have  laws  governing  the  practice  of  plastic  surgery.  The  onus  remains  on  the  physician  to  uphold  the  Hippocratic  oath  to  maintain  patient  safety  as  the  first  priority.