patient safety

prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical error
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patient safety

Summary

patient safety ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • patient safety's main regulatory text is recorded as Patient Safety Act (2010:659)[2].
  • patient safety's main regulatory text is recorded as Q110217412[3].
  • patient safety is a type of safety[4].
  • patient safety's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Patient safety[5].
  • patient safety's facet of is recorded as medical error[6].
  • patient safety's facet of is recorded as patient[7].
  • patient safety's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Health Data Space[8].
  • patient safety's characteristic of is recorded as patient[9].

Body

Definition and Type

patient safety is a type of safety[4].

Why It Matters

patient safety ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). patient safety. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/patient-safety
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_patient-safety_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{patient safety}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/patient-safety}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Characteristic of patient
    Topic's main category Category:Patient safety
    Subclass of safety
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7348, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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