Responding to large-scale testing errors

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 440-446

  Valenstein, Paul N ^a   Alpern, G Ann ^a   Keren, David F ^a,b  

^a Pathology and Laboratory Management Associates   (United States)

^b Warde Medical Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Laboratory error; Large scale; Root cause; Sentinel event; Systematic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77949349629     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPXLZE0YYNID0X     Document Type: Article

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