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==Parent topics== | |||
{{r|Medical error}} | |||
{{r|Safety engineering}} | |||
==Subtopics== | |||
{{r|Diagnostic error}} | |||
{{r|Medication error}} | |||
{{r|Iatrogenic disease}} | |||
{{r|Nosocomial infection}} | |||
==Co-topics== | |||
{{r|Infection control}} | |||
{{r|Observer variation}} | |||
{{r|Patient identification}} | |||
{{r|Process control chart}} | |||
==Related topics== | |||
{{r|Antibiotic resistance}} | |||
{{r|Community-acquired infection}} | |||
{{r|Crew resource management}} | |||
{{r|Evidence-based medicine}} | |||
{{r|Medical malpractice}} '''MeSH differentiates malpractice from error'''' | |||
Revision as of 08:26, 10 November 2008
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Parent topics
- Medical error [r]: Mistakes made in a medical setting with respect to patient care, sanitation or medical administration. A mistake is less than optimal action, thus failure to set up efficient procedures and routines which minimize mistakes is medical error. [e]
- Safety engineering [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Diagnostic error [r]: Incorrect diagnoses after physical examination, medical history taking or technical diagnostic procedures. [e]
- Medication error [r]: Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage. (NLM MeSH) [e]
- Iatrogenic disease [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nosocomial infection [r]: Add brief definition or description
Co-topics
- Infection control [r]: Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms. [e]
- Observer variation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Patient identification [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Process control chart [r]: Tabulated graphical arrangement of test results and other pertinent data for each procedure, arranged in chronological sequence for the entire assessment. [e]
Related topics
- Antibiotic resistance [r]: The development of resistance to an antibiotic in an organism originally susceptible to it [e]
- Community-acquired infection [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Crew resource management [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Evidence-based medicine [r]: The conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. [e]
- Medical malpractice [r]: Improper, unskilled, or negligent treatment of a patient by a physician, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, or other health care professional. [e] MeSH differentiates malpractice from error'