Preanalytical errors in medical laboratories: a review of the available methodologies of data collection and analysis

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 14-19

  West, Jamie ^a   Atherton, Jennifer ^b   Costelloe, Seán J ^c   Pourmahram, Ghazaleh ^d   Stretton, Adam ^d   Cornes, Michael ^e  

^a PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Becton Dickinson UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

laboratory errors; patient safety; Preanalytical errors; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CLINICAL AUDIT; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PREANALYTICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BENCHMARKING; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 85006811872     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563216669384     Document Type: Review

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