"Medical Errors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D019300
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Errors- Medical Errors
- Medical Mistakes
- Mistake, Medical
- Mistakes, Medical
- Errors, Medical
- Error, Medical
- Medical Error
- Medical Mistake
Wrong-Procedure Errors- Wrong-Procedure Errors
- Error, Wrong-Procedure
- Errors, Wrong-Procedure
- Wrong Procedure Errors
- Wrong-Procedure Error
Wrong-Site Surgery- Wrong-Site Surgery
- Surgeries, Wrong-Site
- Surgery, Wrong-Site
- Wrong Site Surgery
- Wrong-Site Surgeries
Surgical Errors- Surgical Errors
- Errors, Surgical
- Error, Surgical
- Surgical Error
Critical Medical Incidents- 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- Wrong-Patient Surgery
- Surgeries, Wrong-Patient
- Surgery, Wrong-Patient
- Wrong Patient Surgery
- Wrong-Patient Surgeries
Never Event- Never Event
- Event, Never
- Events, Never
- Never Events
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 26 | 10 | 36 |
| 2018 | 26 | 8 | 34 |
| 2019 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Errors" by people in Profiles.
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Why an Open Disclosure Procedure Is and Is not Followed After an Avoidable Adverse Event. J Patient Saf. 2021 09 01; 17(6):e529-e533.
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Has the COVID Pandemic Strengthened or Weakened Health Care Teams? A Field Guide to Healthy Workforce Best Practices. Nurs Adm Q. 2021 Apr-Jun 01; 45(2):135-141.
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Patient safety in dermatology: a ten-year update. Dermatol Online J. 2021 Mar 15; 27(3).
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Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the reporting of adverse drug reactions associated with self-medication. Ann Pharm Fr. 2021 Sep; 79(5):522-529.
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Algorithmic prediction of failure modes in healthcare. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021 Feb 20; 33(1).
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Inadvertent subcutaneous injection of COVID-19 vaccine. Postgrad Med J. 2021 06; 97(1148):400.
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Safe Central Venous Access in an Overburdened Health System. JAMA. 2021 Jan 19; 325(3):299-300.
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Frontiers in human factors: embedding specialists in multi-disciplinary efforts to improve healthcare. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021 Jan 12; 33(Supplement_1):13-18.
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Two Decades Since To Err Is Human: Progress, but Still a "Chasm". JAMA. 2020 12 22; 324(24):2489-2490.
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Cryopreservation in reproductive medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: rethinking policies and European safety regulations. Hum Reprod. 2020 12 01; 35(12):2650-2657.