 Patient Safety
"Patient Safety" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Efforts to reduce risk, to address and reduce incidents and accidents that may negatively impact healthcare consumers.
| Descriptor ID |
D061214
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.135.060.075.399
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Safety- Patient Safety
- Patient Safeties
- Safeties, Patient
- Safety, Patient
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Safety" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Safety" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2012 | 7 | 9 | 16 | | 2013 | 12 | 9 | 21 | | 2014 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 2015 | 8 | 13 | 21 | | 2016 | 13 | 9 | 22 | | 2017 | 14 | 15 | 29 | | 2018 | 12 | 7 | 19 | | 2019 | 14 | 14 | 28 | | 2020 | 12 | 14 | 26 | | 2021 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 2022 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2023 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2024 | 6 | 6 | 12 | | 2025 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Safety" by people in Profiles.
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Boyle CP, Crichton J, Sgrò A, Michael SH, Wigmore SJ, Skipworth RJE, Yule S. Impact of environmental factors on operative team performance: systematic review and guidance for optimising clinical practice. Surg Endosc. 2025 Dec; 39(12):7983-7999.
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Ford EC, Evans S, Salter B, Bazan JG, Weintraub SM, Moran JM, Olsen JR, Dalton AP, Kujundzic K, Wilson E, Marks LB. Operations and Impact of a Specialty-Specific National Incident Learning System: Ten Years of Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System (RO-ILS). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2026 Feb 01; 124(2):265-277.
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Sawyer A, Forlenza GP, Wadwa RP. An overview of the t:slim X2 and Mobi insulin pumps with Control-IQ technology: patient safety and device efficacy. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2025 Dec; 22(12):1309-1321.
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Wilde M, Agarwala AV, Thomas BJ, Brook K. Sharing is caring: the importance of transparency in adverse events. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2025 Dec 01; 38(6):754-761.
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Zackoff M, Graciela A, Collins K, Loeb D, Meisman A, James K, Generoso J, Ortega K, Butcher B, Cifra C, Badke C, Dewan M. Understanding Clinical Decision Support Failures in Pediatric Intensive Care Units via Applied Systems Safety Engineering and Human Factors Problem Analysis: Insights From the DISCOVER Learning Lab. J Patient Saf. 2025 Oct 01; 21(7Supp):S21-S28.
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Auerbach A, Raffel K, Rasooly IR, Schnipper J. Diagnostic excellence: turning to diagnostic performance improvement. Diagnosis (Berl). 2025 Nov 01; 12(4):520-528.
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Beard LA, Ceballos KC, Staton KL, Conner KA, Math CM, Moore MK, Weikel BW, Barry JS. Reducing NICU Discharge Care-Related Failures by Improving Discharge Safety. Pediatrics. 2025 Aug 01; 156(2).
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Rollins M, Thompson S, Rogers BB, Andrews J, Annen K, Chou ST, DomBourian M, Kandaswamy S, Kinney S, Nizzi F, Noland D, Orenstein E, Su L, Winstead R, Carter AB. Standardization of Blood Product Orders Improves Patient Safety in Pediatric Transfusion Medicine: A Collaborative Project. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2025 Jun 25; 150(1):58-71.
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Knees M, Flynn SJ, Hsiang EY, Kubey AA. Is secure messaging an effective tool for inpatient communication? J Hosp Med. 2025 Sep; 20(9):1022-1027.
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Thaxton L, Masten M. Procedural Abortion: Setting, Safety, and Patient Access. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2025 Jun; 52(2):239-253.
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