A Review of Medical Errors in Laboratory Diagnostics and Where We Are Today

被引：77
作者：
Hammerling, Julie A. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Florida Gulf Coast Univ, Div Hlth Sci, Ft Myers, FL USA
来源：
LABMEDICINE | 2012年 / 43卷 / 02期
关键词：
laboratory error; patient safety; medical error;
D O I：
10.1309/LM6ER9WJR1IHQAUY
中图分类号：
R446 [实验室诊断]; R-33 [实验医学、医学实验];
学科分类号：
1001 ;
摘要：
While many areas of health care are still struggling with the issue of patient safety, laboratory diagnostics has always been a forerunner in pursuing this issue. Significant progress has been made since the release of "To Err is Human."(1) This article briefly reviews laboratory quality assessment and looks at recent statistics concerning laboratory errors.
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