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Descriptor English: Safety Management
Descriptor Spanish: Administración de la Seguridad
Descriptor gestión de la seguridad
Entry term(s) administración de la seguridad
gestión de peligros
Scope note: Desarrollo de sistemas de prevención de accidentes, lesiones u otros acontecimientos adversos en el ámbito institucional. El concepto incluye la prevención o reducción de eventos o incidentes adversos que afectan a empleados, pacientes o instalaciones. Por ejemplo, los planes para la reducción de lesiones por caídas o los planes para la prevención de incendios que favorezcan un entorno institucional seguro.
Descriptor Portuguese: Gestão da Segurança
Descriptor French: Gestion de la sécurité
Entry term(s): Control, Hazard
Culture, Safety
Cultures, Safety
Hazard Control
Hazard Controls
Hazard Management
Hazard Surveillance Program
Hazard Surveillance Programs
Management, Hazard
Management, Safety
Program, Hazard Surveillance
Programs, Hazard Surveillance
Safety Culture
Safety Cultures
Surveillance Program, Hazard
Surveillance Programs, Hazard
Tree number(s): N04.452.871.900
N06.850.135.060.075.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017751
Scope note: The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional environment.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Risk Management (1966-1993)
Safety (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Related: Organizational Culture MeSH
DeCS ID: 31061
Unique ID: D017751
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2015/01/13
Safety Management - Preferred
Concept UI M0026829
Scope note The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional environment.
Preferred term Safety Management
Entry term(s) Management, Safety
Safety Culture - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000599802
Preferred term Safety Culture
Entry term(s) Culture, Safety
Cultures, Safety
Safety Cultures
Hazard Management - Narrower
Concept UI M0026828
Preferred term Hazard Management
Entry term(s) Management, Hazard
Hazard Control - Narrower
Concept UI M0026826
Preferred term Hazard Control
Entry term(s) Control, Hazard
Hazard Controls
Hazard Surveillance Program - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0026827
Preferred term Hazard Surveillance Program
Entry term(s) Hazard Surveillance Programs
Program, Hazard Surveillance
Programs, Hazard Surveillance
Surveillance Program, Hazard
Surveillance Programs, Hazard



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