TY  - BOOK
AU  - Charney,William
TI  - Epidemic of medical errors and hospital-acquired infections: systemic and social causes 
SN  - 9781420089295 (Hardback : acidfree paper)
AV  - R729.8 .E65 2012
U1  - 362.10289 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Medical Errors
KW  - prevention & control
KW  - United States
KW  - Cross Infection
KW  - Delivery of Health Care
KW  - economics
KW  - Health Personnel
KW  - organization & administration
KW  - Infection Control
KW  - methods
KW  - Quality Assurance, Health Care
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
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"--
ER  -