TY  - GEN
T1  - Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infections : systemic and social causes
A2  - Charney, William, 1947-
LA  - English
PP  - Boca Raton, Fla.
PB  - CRC Press
YR  - 2012
UL  - https://colectivo.uloyola.es/Record/ELB140824
AB  - "'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.
OP  - 336
CN  - R729.8 .E65 2012
KW  - Medical errors : Prevention : United States.
KW  - Cross infection : Prevention : United States.
KW  - Medical care : United States.
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -