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1. Electronic patient identification for sample labeling reduces wrong blood in tube errors. | PSNet
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   September 20, 2012 - Investigators found that use of barcoding improved the accuracy of labels on blood samples and samples … The authors conclude that the results support the use of barcoding and the exclusion of blood samples

2. Pre-analytical pitfalls: Missing and mislabeled specimens | PSNet
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   April 18, 2018 - The samples were dropped off at the central laboratory receiving window where the time/date of receipt … Upon arrival at the satellite facility, samples are logged and accessioned for testing at their respective … As per routine procedure, the Clinical Laboratory immediately sequestered all samples related to the … The frequency of lost samples reflects the challenges faced by hospital laboratories. … Blood bank safety practices: Mislabeled samples and wrong blood in tube – a Q-Probes analysis of 122

3. A Fatal Twist in Pseudohyperkalemia | PSNet
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   February 10, 2021 - is common, contributing to approximately 40% of all laboratory errors and affecting up to 12% of all samples … , intravascular hemolysis) or non-biological conditions during the collection and handling of blood samples … one retrospective study, the mean difference in potassium concentration between in vitro hemolyzed samples … and non-hemolyzed samples was 1.9 mmol/L, with a minimum and maximum difference of 0.7 and 4.6 mmol/ … be unable to detect hemolysis. 3 Increasing awareness of spurious results due to hemolysis: If lab samples

4. “This is the wrong patient's blood!”: Evaluating a Near-Miss Wrong Transfusion Event | PSNet
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   July 01, 2017 - Identify the patient with two unique identifiers. 2) Connect the patient identifiers to all prepared lab samples … This review may include re-educating the staff on the current SOP, evaluating other samples processed … assessment of test performance through testing of previously analyzed specimens, internal blind testing of samples … , or external proficiency testing of samples; and (6) assessment of problem-solving skills. 21 A monitoring … Checking the labels of all blood samples against the two unique identifiers on the patient’s wristband

5. Significant reduction in preanalytical errors for nonphlebotomy blood draws after implementation of a novel integrated specimen collection module. | PSNet
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   May 29, 2019 - led to a significant decrease in the rate of lab specimen collection and handling errors for blood samples

6. Refocusing the lens: patient safety in ambulatory chronic disease care. | PSNet
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   December 19, 2018 - February 28, 2011 Do medication samples jeopardize patient safety?

7. Large language model influence on diagnostic reasoning: a randomized clinical trial. | PSNet
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   November 03, 2021 - August 8, 2014 Do medication samples jeopardize patient safety?

8. Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture. | PSNet
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   December 24, 2008 - September 2, 2009 Do medication samples jeopardize patient safety?

9. Pro/con debate: color-coded medication labels. | PSNet
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   December 23, 2008 - Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Learning from samples

10. Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels. | PSNet
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    January 21, 2009 - February 14, 2011 Do medication samples jeopardize patient safety?

11. Improving prescription drug warnings to promote patient comprehension. | PSNet
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    December 21, 2014 - June 17, 2009 Do medication samples jeopardize patient safety?

12. Importance of Following Safe Practices for Infant Feeding and Handling Expressed Breast Milk | PSNet
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    January 31, 2024 - to be “Baby Friendly” abandon the common practice of sending formula home with mothers, as providing samples … healthcare facilities, staff, or sponsoring meetings. 7 Providing breastfeeding mothers with free formula samples … of hospitals had an ideal response of not giving mothers any of the following items as gifts of free samples

13. To Dilute or Not Dilute: Drug Errors and Consequences in the Operating Room | PSNet
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    July 28, 2021 - the OR revealed that the measured concentration was >10% of the target concentration in 70% of the samples … and >30% of the target concentration in 23% of the samples. 8 To complicate this process even more,

14. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Diagnostic Error | PSNet
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    July 30, 2020 - According to a literature review and pooled analysis of data from seven studies with 1,330 respiratory samples … studies have suggested that some methods of self-collection may be comparable to clinician-collected samples … Detection and analysis of nucleic acid in various biological samples of COVID-19 patients.

15. Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population: ED-SAFE | PSNet
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    July 23, 2024 - they must demonstrate competency in collaborative safety planning through observation or other work samples … they must demonstrate competency in collaborative safety planning through observation or other work samples

16. Hemolysis Holdup | PSNet
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    July 03, 2016 - Correction factors for estimating potassium concentrations in samples with in vitro hemolysis: a detriment

17. Right Patient, Wrong Sample | PSNet
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    June 01, 2004 - On closer examination, it was determined that all the blood samples had been mislabeled, including the

18. Amended Lab Results: Communication Slip | PSNet
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    September 26, 2012 - Because hospitals process thousands of samples per day, some amended results are inevitable, even though

19. Don't Use That Port: Insert a PICC | PSNet
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    December 22, 2018 - ICVPs can be accessed to obtain blood samples and to administer various medications, fluids, and blood

20. Mother's Milk, but Whose Mother? | PSNet
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    November 15, 2023 - Medical staff should have a detailed list of blood tests to be performed, blood volume samples, who should