Improving the quality of cytology diagnosis: Root cause analysis for errors in bronchial washing and brushing specimens

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 883-892

  Nodit, Laurentia ^a   Balassanian, Ronald ^a   Sudilovsky, Daniel ^a   Raab, Stephen S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial brushing; Bronchial washing; Cancer; Patient safety; Root cause analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 28444449481     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/BBTC-58MH-D8N8-K9U5     Document Type: Article

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