Patient misidentification in Papanicolaou tests: A systems-based approach to reducing errors

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1297-1300

  Meyer, Erin ^a   Underwood, R Shawn ^a   Padmanabhan, Vijayalakshmi ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; VAGINA SMEAR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 69149108167     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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