"Pre-pre" and "post-post" analytical error: High-incidence patient safety hazards involving the clinical laboratory

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 712-719

  Laposata, Michael ^a,b   Dighe, Anand ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b American Medical Diagnostics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic algorithms; Laboratory errors; Patient safety; Post analytical phase; Pre analytical phase; Test interpretation; Test selection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN; THYROTROPIN;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NEPHELOMETRY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; THYROID DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PATIENTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34250719255     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.173     Document Type: Review

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