TY  - BOOK
AU  - Charney, William,(Acc.No:39792 Ref)
AU  - Charney,William
TI  - Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infections
SN  - 9781420089295 (hardcover : alk. paper)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press/Taylor & Francis
KW  - Medical Errors
KW  - Cross Infection
KW  - Infection Control
KW  - Quality Assurance, Health Care
KW  - Delivery of Health Care
KW  - Health Personnel
N2  - "'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
ER  -