Medical Error Defined

Medical Error - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430763/

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29763131/

Medical errors are a serious public health problem and a leading cause of death in the United States. It is challenging to uncover a consistent cause of errors and, …

Medical Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and …

https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/medical-errors.html

Medical errors can occur anywhere in the health care system--in hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, doctors' offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, and patients' homes …

Medical Error - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28613514/

A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of medical care, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. Among the problems that commonly occur …

Working to Reduce Medication Errors | FDA

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/information-consumers-and-patients-drugs/working-reduce-medication-errors

A medication error is defined as "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the …

Adverse Events, Near Misses, and Errors | PSNet

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/adverse-events-near-misses-and-errors

Error: a broader term referring to any act of commission (doing something wrong) or omission (failing to do the right thing) that exposes patients to a potentially …

Medical Errors and Patient Safety - Boston University

https://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/HPM/AmericanHealthCare_Quality/AmericanHealthCare_Quality4.html

Error in the performance of an operation, procedure, or test Error in administering the treatment Error in the dose or method of using a drug Avoidable delay in treatment or in …

Medication Errors - World Health Organization

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Medication error has also been defined as a reduction in the probability of treatment being timely and effective, or an increase in the risk of harm relating to medicines …

Medication errors: definitions and classification - PMC

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2723196/

A medication error. With these definitions in mind, a medication error can be defined as ‘a failure in the treatment process that leads to, or has the potential to lead to, harm to the …

Defining medical error - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15757035/

Les erreurs médicales constituent un grave problème de santé publique et menacent la sécurité des patients. Alors même que les établissements de santé accordent la priorité …