Patient safety in the clinical laboratory: A longitudinal analysis of specimen identification errors

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1662-1668

  Wagar, Elizabeth A ^a   Tamashiro, Lorraine ^b   Yasin, Bushra ^d   Hilborne, Lee ^c   Bruckner, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sutter Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOTOMY;

HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PATIENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33750587547     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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