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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-quality-care
April 01, 2020 - A multidisciplinary, multifaceted improvement initiative to eliminate mislabelled laboratory … January 15, 2017
When diagnostic testing leads to harm: a new outcomes-based approach for laboratory … June 1, 2012
Voluntary electronic reporting of laboratory errors: an analysis of 37,532 … laboratory event reports from 30 health care organizations. … Topic
Hospitals
Health Care Providers
Quality and Safety Professionals
Pathology and Laboratory
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March 27, 2024 - Similarly, several laboratory studies are routinely performed in this setting, as vitamin deficiencies … Laboratory Studies for First Episode Psychotic Illness9-14
Urine drug screen
Basic metabolic panel … The combination of a psychotic presentation with positive SLE-specific laboratory results is enough to … It is unclear why obviously abnormal laboratory studies were not acted
upon to effectuate the needed … Failure to follow-up on abnormal laboratory results is not an uncommon system or process error and can
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/value-inking-breast-cores-reduce-specimen-mix
January 14, 2011 - surgical pathology and cytology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory … September 1, 2012
Voluntary electronic reporting of laboratory errors: an analysis of … 37,532 laboratory event reports from 30 health care organizations. … August 26, 2011
Decreasing mislabeled laboratory specimens using barcode technology and … February 2, 2011
Patient safety in the clinical laboratory: a longitudinal analysis of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35944/psn-pdf
August 02, 2010 - Analysis of laboratory critical value reporting at a large
academic medical center. … Analysis of laboratory critical value reporting at a large academic
medical center. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-laboratory-critical-value-reporting-large-academic-medical-center … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-laboratory-critical-value-reporting-large-academic-medical-center
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36189/psn-pdf
February 15, 2010 - Identification errors involving clinical laboratories: a
College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study … Identification errors involving clinical laboratories: a
College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identification-errors-involving-clinical-laboratories-college-american- … pathologists-q-probes
The investigators analyzed information on misidentified laboratory specimens … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identification-errors-involving-clinical-laboratories-college-american-pathologists-q-probes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40999/psn-pdf
January 01, 2012 - Improving patient safety via automated laboratory-based
adverse event grading. … Improving patient safety via automated laboratory-based adverse event
grading. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-automated-laboratory-based-adverse-event-grading … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-automated-laboratory-based-adverse-event-grading
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/myasthenia-crisis-after-delayed-diagnosis-medically-complex-patient
February 21, 2020 - Most of these tests had to be sent to an external laboratory and the results returned intermittently … The laboratory finding that established this diagnosis was available in the electronic health record … However, for less common studies that must be sent to an off-site laboratory (like some of the antibody … Interestingly, in the study of EHR-generated alerts for abnormal laboratory results mentioned above, … Though the laboratory results were not yet available at the time of transfer, that handoff should have
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/chance-favors-only-prepared-mind-preparing-minds-systematically-reduce-hazards-testing
April 23, 2014 - and effect analysis methodology, this study sought to prospectively identify safety hazards in the laboratory … September 29, 2017
Impact of non-interruptive medication laboratory monitoring alerts … September 1, 2016
Laboratory test ordering and results management systems: a qualitative … 31, 2011
A randomized trial of electronic clinical reminders to improve medication laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/henry-ford-production-system-reduction-surgical-pathology-process-misidentification-defects
July 16, 2013 - strategies were applied to improve workflow and reduce misidentification errors in a surgical pathology laboratory … April 12, 2011
Decreasing mislabeled laboratory specimens using barcode technology and … May 20, 2009
Computer-assisted bar-coding system significantly reduces clinical laboratory … General Hospitals
Health Care Providers
Quality and Safety Professionals
Pathology and Laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41934/psn-pdf
May 24, 2016 - Work Design Drivers of Organizational Learning about
Operational Failures: A Laboratory Experiment on … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/work-design-drivers-organizational-learning-about-operational-failures-
laboratory-experiment … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/work-design-drivers-organizational-learning-about-operational-failures-laboratory-experiment … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/work-design-drivers-organizational-learning-about-operational-failures-laboratory-experiment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36134/psn-pdf
February 24, 2011 - Direct reporting of laboratory test results to patients by
mail to enhance patient safety. … Direct reporting of laboratory test results to patients by mail
to enhance patient safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/direct-reporting-laboratory-test-results-patients-mail-enhance-patient-safety … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/direct-reporting-laboratory-test-results-patients-mail-enhance-patient-safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35419/psn-pdf
February 15, 2010 - College of American Pathologists Special Topic
Symposium on Error in Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine—Practical … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/college-american-pathologists-special-topic-symposium-error-pathology-and-
laboratory-medicine … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/college-american-pathologists-special-topic-symposium-error-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/college-american-pathologists-special-topic-symposium-error-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73581/psn-pdf
January 01, 2022 - Based on findings from their Patient Safety
Learning Laboratory, the authors used human factors engineering … psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/harm-alarm-fatigue
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overview-patient-safety-learning-laboratory-projects … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overview-patient-safety-learning-laboratory-projects
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35644/psn-pdf
January 18, 2006 - Comparison and interpretation of urinalysis performed by
a nephrologist versus a hospital-based clinical laboratory … Comparison and interpretation of urinalysis performed by a nephrologist
versus a hospital-based clinical laboratory … comparison-and-interpretation-urinalysis-performed-nephrologist-versus-
hospital-based
This study demonstrated that laboratory-performed … advocate for either greater training of this expertise among
physicians or improved training among laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44169/psn-pdf
November 06, 2015 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/weak-oversight-allows-lab-failures-put-patients-risk
Reporting on weaknesses in laboratory … diagnosis—and raises concerns about insufficient transparency, investigations, and regulations around
laboratory … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/weak-oversight-allows-lab-failures-put-patients-risk
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-laboratory-medicine-and-patient-safety … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-diagnostic-testing-leads-harm-new-outcomes-based-approach-laboratory-medicine
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49793/psn-pdf
May 01, 2017 - laboratories should proactively monitor and report hemolysis
rates by clinical service and/or facility … Take-Home Points
Hemolysis is the most common reason for blood specimen rejection by clinical laboratories … Director, University Hospital, University Neuropsychiatric Institute South Jordan Health Center Clinical
Laboratories … Utility of repeat testing of critical values: a Q-probes
analysis of 86 clinical laboratories. … Laboratory Medicine Best Practices.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43758/psn-pdf
March 17, 2015 - A patient safety checklist for the cardiac catheterisation
laboratory. … A patient safety checklist for the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-checklist-cardiac-catheterisation-laboratory
Drawing from … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-checklist-cardiac-catheterisation-laboratory
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37815/psn-pdf
June 18, 2008 - A 2-year study of patient safety competency assessment
in 29 clinical laboratories. … A 2-Year Study of Patient Safety Competency Assessment in 29
Clinical Laboratories. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2-year-study-patient-safety-competency-assessment-29-clinical-laboratories … A web-based questionnaire was used to assess patient safety knowledge among clinical laboratory
staff … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2-year-study-patient-safety-competency-assessment-29-clinical-laboratories
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/notification-abnormal-lab-test-results-electronic-medical-record-do-any-safety-concerns
April 04, 2011 - However, this study conducted in Veterans Affairs clinics found that 1 in 10 alerts for abnormal laboratory … September 27, 2023
Impact of non-interruptive medication laboratory monitoring alerts … 17, 2011
Impact of health information technology interventions to improve medication laboratory … Health Care Providers
Facility and Group Administrators
Information Professionals
Pathology and Laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lessons-learned-implementing-complex-and-innovative-patient-safety-learning-laboratory
August 03, 2022 - Study
Lessons learned implementing a complex and innovative patient safety learning laboratory … Lessons learned implementing a complex and innovative patient safety learning laboratory project in a … 2014, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) began funding Patient Safety Learning Laboratories … Lessons learned implementing a complex and innovative patient safety learning laboratory project in a