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Diagnostic error as a result of drug-laboratory test interactions. | PSNet

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November 21, 2018 - Review Diagnostic error as a result of drug-laboratory test interactions. … Diagnostic error as a result of drug-laboratory test interactions. … Failure to recognize potential drug–laboratory test interactions can lead to misinterpretation of … Diagnostic error as a result of drug-laboratory test interactions. … February 6, 2019 Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on

Causes, consequences, detection, and prevention of identification errors in laboratory diagnostics. | PSNet

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July 05, 2017 - Review Causes, consequences, detection, and prevention of identification errors in laboratory … Causes, consequences, detection, and prevention of identification errors in laboratory diagnostics. … This review provides an overview of identification errors in laboratory medicine, building on past … March 20, 2019 System-related and cognitive errors in laboratory medicine. … May 26, 2010 Error tracking in a clinical biochemistry laboratory.

Prevalence and predictability of low-yield inpatient laboratory diagnostic tests. | PSNet

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November 13, 2024 - Journal Article Prevalence and predictability of low-yield inpatient laboratory diagnostic … Prevalence and Predictability of Low-Yield Inpatient Laboratory Diagnostic Tests. … study involving inpatients treated at three academic medical centers, researchers found that ordering laboratory … Prevalence and Predictability of Low-Yield Inpatient Laboratory Diagnostic Tests. … June 2, 2019 System-related and cognitive errors in laboratory medicine.

Errors in a stat laboratory: changes in type and frequency since 1996. | PSNet

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December 21, 2016 - Study Errors in a stat laboratory: changes in type and frequency since 1996. … Errors in a stat laboratory: types and frequencies 10 years later. Clin Chem. 2007;53(7):1338-42. … The investigators conducted a study to compare clinical laboratory error data to that collected 10 years … Errors in a stat laboratory: types and frequencies 10 years later. … November 18, 2016 System-related and cognitive errors in laboratory medicine.

Systematic assessment of culture review as a tool to assess errors in the clinical microbiology laboratory. | PSNet

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November 16, 2022 - Systematic assessment of culture review as a tool to assess errors in the clinical microbiology laboratory … Systematic assessment of culture review as a tool to assess errors in the clinical microbiology laboratory … The authors suggest that careful review of such reports could prevent clinical laboratory errors. … September 1, 2012 Direct reporting of laboratory test results to patients by mail to … February 15, 2010 Error tracking in a clinical biochemistry laboratory.

Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services. | PSNet

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October 19, 2022 - Study Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services. … Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services. … several diagnostic errors attributable at least in part to suboptimal communication between external laboratory … Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services. … July 30, 2008 Classifying laboratory incident reports to identify problems that jeopardize

Use of quality indicators to compare point-of-care testing errors in a neonatal unit and errors in a STAT central laboratory. | PSNet

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December 02, 2020 - indicators to compare point-of-care testing errors in a neonatal unit and errors in a STAT central laboratory … indicators to compare point-of-care testing errors in a neonatal unit and errors in a STAT central laboratory … March 20, 2019 Reduction in hospital-wide clinical laboratory specimen identification … October 27, 2016 Quality indicators to detect pre-analytical errors in laboratory testing … September 12, 2012 Decreasing mislabeled laboratory specimens using barcode technology

Should patients get direct access to their laboratory test results?: An answer with many questions. | PSNet

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November 13, 2024 - Commentary Should patients get direct access to their laboratory test results? … Should patients get direct access to their laboratory test results? An answer with many questions. … This commentary discusses a federal proposal to provide patients with direct access to laboratory test … Should patients get direct access to their laboratory test results? An answer with many questions. … June 19, 2019 Emergency physicians' views of direct notification of laboratory and radiology

Specimen Almost Lost | PSNet

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September 21, 2022 - In our laboratory, as in the laboratory described in the vignette, specimens are held for a standard … Moreover, many laboratories hold their trash for 24–72 hours in case specimens are accidentally discarded … Errors in laboratory medicine: practical lessons to improve patient safety. … Errors in the Laboratory. Patient Safety Solutions. [Available at] 6. … Medical Laboratory Observer. September 2007. Table Table.

Data quality associated with handwritten laboratory test requests: classification and frequency of data-entry errors for outpatient serology tests. | PSNet

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September 27, 2023 - Study Data quality associated with handwritten laboratory test requests: classification … Data quality associated with handwritten laboratory test requests: classification and frequency of data-entry … This audit of handwritten laboratory orders transcribed into electronic information systems found a 10% … December 19, 2018 Emergency physicians' views of direct notification of laboratory and … October 6, 2010 Error tracking in a clinical biochemistry laboratory.

Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on diagnostic test interpretation—a systematic review. | PSNet

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March 06, 2019 - Review Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on diagnostic … Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on diagnostic test interpretation - … This review article describes drug–laboratory test interactions, in which medications can affect test … Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on diagnostic test interpretation - … March 13, 2019 Diagnostic error as a result of drug-laboratory test interactions.

The effectiveness of inking needle core prostate biopsies for preventing patient specimen identification errors: a technique to address Joint Commission patient safety goals in specialty laboratories. | PSNet

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August 04, 2021 - specimen identification errors: a technique to address Joint Commission patient safety goals in specialty laboratories … specimen identification errors: a technique to address Joint Commission patient safety goals in specialty laboratories … specimen identification errors: a technique to address Joint Commission patient safety goals in specialty laboratories … December 22, 2010 Errors in laboratory medicine: practical lessons to improve patient … August 19, 2009 Identification errors in pathology and laboratory medicine.

The high cost of low morale in the clinical laboratory: how workplace environment impacts patient safety. | PSNet

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March 06, 2005 - Newspaper/Magazine Article The high cost of low morale in the clinical laboratory … Citation Text: The high cost of low morale in the clinical laboratory: how workplace environment impacts … in tasks to help ensure safety, this news article discusses root causes for low staff morale in the laboratory … December 27, 2014 Decoding laboratory test names: a major challenge to appropriate patient … July 30, 2008 Classifying laboratory incident reports to identify problems that jeopardize

Decoding laboratory test names: a major challenge to appropriate patient care. | PSNet

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April 24, 2018 - Study Decoding laboratory test names: a major challenge to appropriate patient care … Decoding laboratory test names: a major challenge to appropriate patient care. … This commentary identifies the lack of standardized abbreviations for common laboratory tests as a potential … Decoding laboratory test names: a major challenge to appropriate patient care. … April 24, 2018 Opportunities to enhance laboratory professionals' role on the diagnostic

When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach for laboratory medicine. | PSNet

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September 12, 2018 - Commentary When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach for laboratory … When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach for laboratory medicine. … This commentary recommends an approach to examine laboratory testing and identify weaknesses that may … When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach for laboratory medicine. … July 30, 2014 Improving Patient Safety in Laboratory Medicine.

Efficacy of an incident-reporting system in cellular pathology: a practical experience. | PSNet

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August 21, 2024 - Analysis of 2 years of voluntary error reports in a cellular pathology laboratory revealed a low incidence … November 3, 2015 Laboratory test ordering and results management systems: a qualitative … February 27, 2013 Voluntary electronic reporting of laboratory errors: an analysis of … 37,532 laboratory event reports from 30 health care organizations. … March 18, 2010 Identification errors involving clinical laboratories: a College of American

Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory care settings. | PSNet

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January 06, 2017 - Study Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory care settings … Brief report: Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory care settings. … This AHRQ–funded study retrospectively examined the failure rate of recommended laboratory surveillance … The authors conclude that the prevalence of inadequate laboratory monitoring should stimulate further … Brief report: Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory care settings.

System hazards in managing laboratory test requests and results in primary care: medical protection database analysis and conceptual model. | PSNet

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November 08, 2017 - Study System hazards in managing laboratory test requests and results in primary … System hazards in managing laboratory test requests and results in primary care: medical protection database … This retrospective study of abnormal laboratory test orders and results in primary care uncovered multiple … The authors describe a conceptual model to comprehensively address the safety of laboratory testing and … February 4, 2015 Laboratory test ordering and results management systems: a qualitative

Real-time clinical alerting: effect of an automated paging system on response time to critical laboratory values—a randomised controlled trial. | PSNet

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October 31, 2011 - Real-time clinical alerting: effect of an automated paging system on response time to critical laboratory … Real-time clinical alerting: effect of an automated paging system on response time to critical laboratory … Reporting critical laboratory results directly to physicians' pagers resulted in more rapid corrective … Real-time clinical alerting: effect of an automated paging system on response time to critical laboratory … September 29, 2017 Laboratory testing in general practice: a patient safety blind spot

Sample to sample carryover: a source of analytical laboratory error and its relevance to integrated clinical chemistry/immunoassay systems. | PSNet

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January 12, 2022 - Study Sample to sample carryover: a source of analytical laboratory error and its … Sample to sample carryover: a source of analytical laboratory error and its relevance to integrated clinical … investigators present a protocol to measure and assess specimen-to-specimen contamination in large sets of laboratory … Sample to sample carryover: a source of analytical laboratory error and its relevance to integrated clinical … See More About The Topic Risk Managers Safety Scientists Engineers Pathology and Laboratory

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