Health Care

Safety Management

The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional environment.

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Abstract

The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional environment.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Management, Safety
  • Hazard Control
  • Hazard Management
  • Hazard Surveillance Program
  • Safety Culture
  • Control, Hazard
  • Culture, Safety
  • Cultures, Safety
  • Hazard Controls
  • Hazard Surveillance Programs
  • Management, Hazard
  • Program, Hazard Surveillance
  • Programs, Hazard Surveillance
  • Safety Cultures
  • Surveillance Program, Hazard
  • Surveillance Programs, Hazard

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Risk Management (1966-1993)
  • Safety (1966-1993)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Safety Management. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017751. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017751
  2. Safety Management. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_management
  3. Safety Management. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70348564