| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01294pam a2200205 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781420089295 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Charney, William,(Acc.No:39792 Ref) |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infections : |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Boca Raton : |
| Name of publisher |
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, |
| Year of publication |
2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xiv, 342 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"'Do no harm' a particularly leading and important phrase in the delivery of healthcare is not working. In fact depending on the epidemiological approach and which data sets one applies, medical errors, hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and pharmaceutical errors combined are the second or third leading killer of Americans annually: approximately 300,000 die from a combination of medical errors, hospital acquired infections (HAIs), and pharmaceutical errors...100,000 per category. Add to these numbers the hundreds of thousands who are harmed (morbidity) but not killed (mortality) changing quality of life and a substantial problem is defined"--Provided by publisher. |
| 650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Medical Errors |
| 650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Cross Infection |
| 650 22 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Infection Control |
| 650 22 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Quality Assurance, Health Care |
| 650 22 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Delivery of Health Care |
| 650 22 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Health Personnel |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Charney, William, |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Books |
