Medical Errors
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency.

30 Oct 2009 We reviewed and classified all patient safety incidents submitted from critical care units in England and Wales to the National Patient Safety Agency for the first quarter of 2008. A total of 6649 incidents were submitted from 141 organisations ... Read more...

Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures.

12 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Few data exist on the relationships between experienced physicians' work hours and sleep, and patient safety. OBJECTIVE: To determine if sleep opportunities for attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists are associated with the risk ... Read more...

Rate of undesirable events at beginning of academic year: retrospective cohort study.

11 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an increase in the rate of undesirable events occurs after care provided by trainees at the beginning of the academic year. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using administrative and patient record data. SETTING: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medical Errors'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The Canadian Triage Acuity Scale and oncological emergencies in the emergency department: the puzzle pieces may not fit. 29 Nov 2009
• Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency. 30 Oct 2009
• Computed tomography-guided surgery: complications associated with scanning, processing, surgery, and prosthetics. 30 Oct 2009
• Systems-based competency. 30 Oct 2009
• Doctors, admit your mistakes. 30 Oct 2009
• Giving patients their results online might be the answer. 24 Oct 2009
• Informatics aids to reduce failure rates in notification of abnormal outpatient test results. 24 Oct 2009
• EMRs do not improve reporting rates of abnormal laboratory results? 24 Oct 2009
• Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures. 12 Oct 2009
• Rate of undesirable events at beginning of academic year: retrospective cohort study. 11 Oct 2009
• Reducing variation in adverse events during the academic year. 11 Oct 2009
• The power of apology. 7 Oct 2009
• They think they are playing chess but really they are playing poker. Oct 2009
• Implementation of a mandatory checklist of protocols and objectives improves compliance with a wide range of evidence-based intensive care unit practices. 29 Sep 2009
• National patient safety goal on HAIs to be phased in by January: are you ready? 29 Sep 2009
• Managing medical errors. 29 Sep 2009
• Caution: arterial line error. 29 Sep 2009
• Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety. 29 Sep 2009
• Risky business. 28 Sep 2009
• Clinicians' assessments of electronic medication safety alerts in ambulatory care. 26 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Medical Errors'

Definition: Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings. Medical errors are differentiated from MALPRACTICE in that the former are regarded as honest mistakes or accidents while the latter is the result of negligence, reprehensible ignorance, or criminal intent.

Descriptor UI: D019300

Alternative terms: Medical Errors; Medical Mistakes; Mistake, Medical; Mistakes, Medical; Errors, Medical; Error, Medical; Medical Error; Medical Mistake; Surgical Errors; Errors, Surgical; Error, Surgical; Surgical Error;

Related Mesh Headings: Iatrogenic Disease; Malpractice;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control;

Tree Number: N02.421.450;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific dis or procedure (IM); do not confuse with MALPRACTICE: read MeSH definition; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS & MEDICATION ERRORS are also available; DF: MED ERR