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integrity

[in′teg·rəd·ē]
(computer science)
Property of data which can be recovered in the event of its destruction through failure of the recording medium, user carelessness, program malfunction, or other mishap.
(navigation)
The ability of a navigation system to inform the user in a timely manner of a latent failure that may cause a hazardous condition.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

integrity (aeronautical data)

A degree of assurance that an aeronautical data and its value has not been lost nor altered since the data origination or authorized amendment (ICAO).
An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

data integrity

The quality of correctness, completeness, wholeness, soundness and compliance with the intention of the creators of the data. It is achieved by preventing accidental or deliberate but unauthorized insertion, modification or destruction of data in a database. Data integrity is one of the six fundamental components of information security (see Parkerian Hexad). See message integrity.
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* Impaired skin integrity evidenced by open, foul-smelling areas on both heels
Refocusing the nursing staff for PPS success
Individuals with low body mass index (BMI) are at risk for impaired skin integrity, a consequence of honey prominences, while the risk for impaired skin integrity for individuals with high BMIs is inconclusive.
A quality improvement project for safe and effective patient positioning during robot-assisted surgery
They were: risk for infection (77.6%), impaired physical mobility (69.4%), risk for impaired skin integrity (59.2%), risk for falls (57.1%), imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements (57.1%) risk for unstable blood glucose (51%) and self-care deficit (51%).
Nursing diagnoses identified in records of hospitalized elderly/Diagnosticos de enfermeria identificados en las historias clinicas de los ancianos hospitalizados/Diagnosticos de enfermagem identificados nas historias clinicas dos anciaos hospitalizados
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