| Descriptor English: | Medical Errors | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Errores Médicos
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Erros Médicos | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Erreurs médicales | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Commission Medical Error Commission Medical Errors Critical Incident, Medical Critical Incidents, Medical Critical Medical Incident Critical Medical Incidents Error, Medical Error, Surgical Error, Wrong-Procedure Errors, Medical Errors, Surgical Errors, Wrong-Procedure Event, Never Events, Never Incident, Critical Medical Incident, Medical Critical Incidents, Critical Medical Incidents, Medical Critical Medical Critical Incident Medical Critical Incidents Medical Error Medical Error of Commission Medical Error of Omission Medical Errors of Commission Medical Errors of Omission Medical Incident, Critical Medical Incidents, Critical Medical Mistake Medical Mistakes Mistake, Medical Mistakes, Medical Never Event Never Events Omission Medical Error Omission Medical Errors Surgeries, Wrong-Patient Surgeries, Wrong-Site Surgery, Wrong-Patient Surgery, Wrong-Site Surgical Error Surgical Errors Wrong Patient Surgery Wrong Procedure Errors Wrong Site Surgery Wrong-Patient Surgeries Wrong-Patient Surgery Wrong-Procedure Error Wrong-Procedure Errors Wrong-Site Surgeries Wrong-Site Surgery |
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| Tree number(s): |
N02.421.450 SP9.242.569.803.209 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019300 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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. |
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| Annotation: | coordinate with specific disease or procedure; do not confuse with MALPRACTICE |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
AE adverse effects CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence MO mortality NU nursing PC prevention & control PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data TD trends VE veterinary |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 97 |
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| History Note: | 97 |
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| Entry Version: | MED ERR |
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| Related: |
Iatrogenic Disease
MeSH Malpractice MeSH Patient Harm MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 33121 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D019300 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1997/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1996/06/10 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2018/06/29 |
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Health Law [SP9]Health Law
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Medical Errors
- Preferred
Wrong-Procedure Errors
- Narrower
Medical Errors of Omission
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Wrong-Site Surgery
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Surgical Errors
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Critical Medical Incidents
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Wrong-Patient Surgery
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Never Event
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Medical Errors of Commission
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| Concept UI |
M0028733 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Medical Errors |
| Entry term(s) |
Error, Medical Errors, Medical Medical Error Medical Mistake Medical Mistakes Mistake, Medical Mistakes, Medical |
| Concept UI |
M000599809 |
| Preferred term | Wrong-Procedure Errors |
| Entry term(s) |
Error, Wrong-Procedure Errors, Wrong-Procedure Wrong Procedure Errors Wrong-Procedure Error |
| Concept UI |
M000599758 |
| Preferred term | Medical Errors of Omission |
| Entry term(s) |
Medical Error of Omission Omission Medical Error Omission Medical Errors |
| Concept UI |
M000599810 |
| Preferred term | Wrong-Site Surgery |
| Entry term(s) |
Surgeries, Wrong-Site Surgery, Wrong-Site Wrong Site Surgery Wrong-Site Surgeries |
| Concept UI |
M0028732 |
| Preferred term | Surgical Errors |
| Entry term(s) |
Error, Surgical Errors, Surgical Surgical Error |
| Concept UI |
M000599768 |
| Preferred term | Critical Medical Incidents |
| Entry term(s) |
Critical Incident, Medical Critical Incidents, Medical Critical Medical Incident Incident, Critical Medical Incident, Medical Critical Incidents, Critical Medical Incidents, Medical Critical Medical Critical Incident Medical Critical Incidents Medical Incident, Critical Medical Incidents, Critical |
| Concept UI |
M000599808 |
| Preferred term | Wrong-Patient Surgery |
| Entry term(s) |
Surgeries, Wrong-Patient Surgery, Wrong-Patient Wrong Patient Surgery Wrong-Patient Surgeries |
| Concept UI |
M000599827 |
| Preferred term | Never Event |
| Entry term(s) |
Event, Never Events, Never Never Events |
| Concept UI |
M000599759 |
| Preferred term | Medical Errors of Commission |
| Entry term(s) |
Commission Medical Error Commission Medical Errors Medical Error of Commission |
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