Amended reports: Development and validation of a taxonomy of defects

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-246

  Meier, Frederick A ^a   Zarbo, Richard J ^a   Varney, Ruan C ^a   Bonsal, Mona ^a   Schultz, Daniel S ^a   Vrbin, Colleen M ^b   Grzybicki, Dana M ^c   Raab, Stephen S ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amended reports; Defects; Misidentification; Misinterpretation; Pathology errors; Pathology reports; Pathology specimens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TAXONOMY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 48649092839     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/9UPELFVQU5WLCUHX     Document Type: Article

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