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Descriptor
English
:
Medical Errors
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Errores Médicos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Erros Médicos
Synonyms
English
:
Medical Mistakes
Medical Mistake
Medical Error
Surgical Errors
Surgical Error
Tree Number:
N02.421.450
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate IM with specific
disease
or procedure (IM); do not confuse with
MALPRACTICE
;
DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS
&
MEDICATION ERRORS
are also available
See Related
English
:
Iatrogenic Disease
Malpractice
Patient Harm
History Note
English
:
97
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
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
Record Number:
33121
Unique Identifier:
D019300
Occurrence in VHL
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