equipment failure

Preferred Label : equipment failure;

MeSH definition : Failure of equipment to perform to standard. The failure may be due to defects or improper use.;

MeSH synonym : failures, equipment; equipment failures; failure, equipment;

CISMeF synonym : system, equipment alarm; alarm systems, equipment; equipment alarm system; alarm system, equipment; equipment alarm systems; systems, equipment alarm;

MeSH Hyperonym : misuse, equipment; defects, equipment; Equipment Misuse; Equipment Misuses; Misuses, Equipment; Defect, Equipment; Equipment Defect; Equipment Defects;

MeSH hyponym : device failure; medical device failure; Device Failures; Failure, Device; Failures, Device; Malfunction, Equipment; Equipment Malfunction; Equipment Malfunctions; Malfunctions, Equipment; Failures, Medical Device; Failure, Medical Device; Device Failure, Medical; Device Failures, Medical;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with specific equipment or specific technique / instrum;

Details

Origin ID

D004868;

UMLS CUI

C0014678;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Breakdown of medical device [ICD-11 More detail]
- Device failure [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Equipment malfunction (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Failure to Dry Medical Device Problem [NCIt concept]
- Failure to Unwrap Medical Device Problem [NCIt concept]
- Functional device failure, as mode of injury or harm [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Medical Device Failure [NCIt concept]
Metaterm(s)
- equipment and supplies [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- defects, equipment [MeSH concept]
- device failure [MeSH concept]
- equipment failure [MeSH concept]
- medical device failure [MeSH concept]
- misuse, equipment [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- equipment and supplies [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Device failure (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Machine Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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