medical error

collocation in English

meaningsofmedicalanderror

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medical
adjective
uk
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/
related to the treatment of illness ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈer.ər/us
/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofmedicalanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmedical error

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Themedicalerrordid not in any way "harm" the boy; in fact it was a necessary condition for the existence of the child.
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In case reviews ofmedicalerror, other clinicians can offer advice about preventing recurrence of the mistake.
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These, then, are three studies' data and findings about motivations for claiming in the aftermath ofmedicalerror.
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Interested in the overlap of medicine and spirituality, he has authored several previous articles onmedicalerror.
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The religious framework provides a way to navigate in the aftermath of amedicalerror.
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We spoke aboutmedicalerrorand systems of care.
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Not because he needed it really but because ofmedicalerrorand because no one trusted he would get adequate nursing care elsewhere in the hospital.
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We must remember thatmedicalerrordoes not have a cost implication only for the victim.
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The debate about problems ofmedicalerrormust be held on two premises.
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Autopsies are used in clinical medicine for the identification ofmedicalerror.
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Low health literacy reduces the success of treatment and increases the risk ofmedicalerror.
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Barcoding blood and other products may allow for reduction ofmedicalerrorand increase patient safety.
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However, subsequent reports emphasized the striking prevalence and consequences ofmedicalerror.
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He was taken to hospital, where amedicalerrorled to him being paralysed from the waist down.
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Prescribing errors are the largest identified source of preventable hospitalmedicalerror.
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As a preventablemedicalerror, it occurs more frequently than wrong site surgery.
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In the early 2000s, published reports began to illustrate high rates ofmedicalerror(adverse events) and the increasing costs of healthcare.
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The report is credited with raising awareness of the extent to whichmedicalerrorwas a problem.
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Most (73%) settled malpractice claims involvemedicalerror.
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