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MeSH Heading: Equipment Failure
Tree Number(s): E05.325
Unique ID: D004868
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004868
Annotation: coordinate with specific equipment or specific technique / instrum
Scope Note: Failure of equipment to perform to standard. The failure may be due to defects or improper use.
Entry Term(s): Defects, Equipment; Device Failure; Device Failure, Medical; Device Failures, Medical; Failure, Equipment; Failure, Medical Device; Failures, Medical Device; Malfunction, Equipment; Medical Device Failure; Misuse, Equipment
Public MeSH Note: 82
History Note: 82
Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/05/15
Revision Date: 2009/07/06

Concept UI: M0007641
Terms: Medical Device Failure Preferred Term
Term UI T014878
Date05/15/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Device Failure, Medical
Term UI T014874
Date11/29/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Device Failures, Medical
Term UI T014875
Date11/29/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Failure, Medical Device
Term UI T014876
Date11/29/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Failures, Medical Device
Term UI T014877
Date11/29/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991)

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