Medical Errors
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.
Year introduced: 1997
PubMed search builder options
Subheadings:
Tree Number(s): N02.421.450
MeSH Unique ID: D019300
Entry Terms:
- Errors, Medical
- Error, Medical
- Medical Error
- Medical Mistake
- Mistake, Medical
- Mistakes, Medical
- Medical Mistakes
- Medical Errors of Omission
- Omission Medical Error
- Omission Medical Errors
- Medical Error of Omission
- Medical Errors of Commission
- Medical Error of Commission
- Commission Medical Error
- Commission Medical Errors
- Critical Medical Incidents
- Critical Medical Incident
- Incident, Critical Medical
- Incidents, Critical Medical
- Medical Incident, Critical
- Medical Incidents, Critical
- Critical Incidents, Medical
- Critical Incident, Medical
- Incident, Medical Critical
- Incidents, Medical Critical
- Medical Critical Incident
- Medical Critical Incidents
- Wrong-Patient Surgery
- Surgeries, Wrong-Patient
- Surgery, Wrong-Patient
- Wrong-Patient Surgeries
- Wrong Patient Surgery
- Wrong-Procedure Errors
- Errors, Wrong-Procedure
- Error, Wrong-Procedure
- Wrong-Procedure Error
- Wrong Procedure Errors
- Wrong-Site Surgery
- Surgeries, Wrong-Site
- Surgery, Wrong-Site
- Wrong-Site Surgeries
- Wrong Site Surgery
- Surgical Errors
- Errors, Surgical
- Error, Surgical
- Surgical Error
- Never Event
- Event, Never
- Events, Never
- Never Events
See Also: