Patient Identification Error Among Prostate Needle Core Biopsy Specimens-Are We Ready for a DNA Time-Out?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1245-1248

  Suba, Eric J ^a   Pfeifer, John D ^b   Raab, Stephen S ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsy; DNA; malpractice; patient identification systems; prostate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34548423658     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.05.152     Document Type: Article

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