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.

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Efforts to reduce risk, to address and reduce incidents and accidents that may negatively impact healthcare consumers.

Descriptor ID	D061214
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.135.060.075.399
Concept/Terms	Patient Safety Patient Safety Patient Safeties Safeties, Patient Safety, Patient

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Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Accidents [N06.850.135]
Accident Prevention [N06.850.135.060]
Safety [N06.850.135.060.075]
Patient Safety [N06.850.135.060.075.399]

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Bar chart showing 190 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2012 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	0	1	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	13	10	23
2013	11	3	14
2014	10	6	16
2015	10	2	12
2016	10	8	18
2017	13	9	22
2018	12	11	23
2019	3	7	10
2020	6	13	19
2021	1	4	5
2022	2	3	5
2023	0	4	4
2024	5	4	9
2025	2	1	3
2026	4	0	4

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Costigan AD, Reznek MA, Macnow TE, Canellas MM, Sanseverino AM, Davis-Martin R, Slocum C, Kan VL, O'Connor LC. DASA score performance for predicting safety interventions among patients with and without emergency behavioral health consultation need: A cross-sectional study. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2026 Jul-Aug; 101:152-158.

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Oakes K, Port J, Furer A, Ehrhardt-Humbert L, John K, Chee J, Infeld M, Homoud M, Madias C, Chalhoub F, Heist EK, Rozen G. Proper Use of the National Inpatient Sample Database to Analyze Safety of Cardiovascular Procedures. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 06 02; 15(11):e047611.

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Foster CC, Walsh P, High M, Barrera L, Coleman CL, Storey MM, Montgomery N, Harris DS, Valdez D, Haywood C, Lagu T, Walsh KE, Khan A, Werner NE. Patient Safety Events Among Children Receiving Home Health Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 May 01; 9(5):e2610321.

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Baccei SJ, El Kaddouri B, Kifjak D, Paez SN, Henderson SR, Rosen MP, Bankier AA. Systemic patterns of patient safety events in radiology: When, where, and why things go wrong. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2026 Sep-Oct; 55(5):663-670.

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Bhangui P, Hakeem AR, Di Maira T, Rammohan A, Sayed BA, Soejima Y, Shingina A, Cheah YL, McCluskey S, Spiro M, Ganesh S, Rajalingam R, Gupta S, Findlay J, Gupta A, Chieh AKW, Sakamoto S, Xia Q, Kim KH, Polak WG, Sapisochin G, Soin AS, Pomposelli J, Vyas M, Wiggins C, Mas V, Taner T, Broering D, Chen CL, Terrault N, Burra P, Hirschfield G, Ascher N, Lerut J, Rela M, Heimbach J, Selzner N, Balci D, Olthoff K. Living liver donor safety: Intraoperative considerations in living liver donation-Guidelines from the ILTS-iLDLT group consensus conference 2025. Liver Transpl. 2026 Apr 01; 32(4):592-608.

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Narayan AK, Foster N, Kadom N, Scott JA, Flores EJ, Broder JC, Yong-Hing CJ, Daye D, Kagetsu NJ, Burstin H. Six Steps to Improving Health Equity Using Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Tools. Radiology. 2025 02; 314(2):e232750.

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Chitavi SO, Williams SC, Patrianakos J, Schmaltz SP, Boudreaux ED, Ahmedani BK, Roaten K, Comtois KAK, Akkas F, Brown GK. Evaluating the Prevalence of Suicide Risk Screening Practices in Accredited Hospitals. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2025 05; 51(5):342-349.

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Lu A, Pian-Smith MCM, Burden A, Fernandez GL, Fortner SA, Rege RV, Slakey DP, Velasco JM, Cooper JB, Steadman RH. Quality and Simulation Professionals Should Collaborate. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 12; 50(12):882-889.

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Lu A, Pian-Smith MCM, Burden A, Fernandez GL, Fortner SA, Rege RV, Slakey DP, Velasco JM, Cooper JB, Steadman RH. Call to Action: Quality and Simulation Professionals Should Collaborate. Simul Healthc. 2024 Oct 01; 19(5):319-325.

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Miotto MB, Balchan B, Combe L. Safe Administration of Medication in School: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2024 Jun 01; 153(6).

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