TY - GEN 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. 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. T1 - Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infectionssystemic and social causes / DA - 2012. CY - Boca Raton, Florida : AU - Charney, William, CN - ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete CN - R729.8 PB - CRC Press, PP - Boca Raton, Florida : PY - 2012. ID - 1398652 KW - Medical errors KW - Medical errors KW - Nosocomial infections KW - Medical economics KW - Cross infection KW - Medical care KW - Cross infection KW - Medical errors SN - 9781420089301 SN - 1420089307 TI - Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infectionssystemic and social causes / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=863091 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=863091 ER -