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•Device-related Complications (1)

•Diagnostic Errors (57)

•Identification Errors (34)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (45)

•Medication Safety (13)

•Medical Complications (4)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (1)

•Surgical Complications (5)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (45)

•Active Errors (38)

•Latent Errors (16)

•Near Miss (3)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (46)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (49)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (110)

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•Non-Health Care Professionals (30)

•Patients (5)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (36)

•Ambulatory Care (15)

•Outpatient Surgery (1)

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COMMENTARY

Preparing your hospital for compliance with The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals.

Murdaugh L, Jordin R. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:728-733.

BOOK/REPORT

Commission of Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing.

Cameron M. St. John's, NL: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; 2009. ISBN: 978551463537.

STUDY

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.

Raff LJ, Engel G, Beck KR, O'Brien AS, Bauer ME. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2009;133:295-297.

STUDY

Assessment of quality of data provided on Pap test requisitions: implications for quality of care and patient safety.

Naryshkin S, Schultz BL. Cytojournal. 2009;6:11.

REVIEW

Impact of health information technology interventions to improve medication laboratory monitoring for ambulatory patients: a systematic review.

Fischer SH, Tjia J, Field TS. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;17:631-636.

REVIEW

Point-of-care testing, medical error, and patient safety: a 2007 assessment.

Ehrmeyer SS, Laessig RH. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2007;45:766-773.

COMMENTARY

The Result Stopped Here.

Astion M. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.

STUDY

Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results.

Casalino LP, Dunham D, Chin MH, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1123-1129.

REVIEW

The impact of declining clinical autopsy: need for revised healthcare policy.

Xiao J, Krueger GR, Buja LM, Covinsky M. Am J Med Sci. 2009;337:41-46.

STUDY

Anatomic pathology databases and patient safety.

Raab SS, Grzybicki DM, Zarbo RJ, Meier FA, Geyer SJ, Jensen C. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005;129:1246-1251.

STUDY

Patient safety in the clinical laboratory: a longitudinal analysis of specimen identification errors.

Wagar EA, Tamashiro L, Yasin B, Hilborne L, Bruckner DA. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006;130:1662-1668.

STUDY

The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses of patients with lung cancer.

Raab SS, Meier FA, Zarbo RJ, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24:2808-2814.

REVIEW

Quality in cancer diagnosis.

Raab SS, Grzybicki DM. CA Cancer J Clin. 2010;60:139-165.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Prone to error: earliest steps to find cancer.

Saul S. New York Times. July 19, 2010;A1.

STUDY

Design and implementation of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge.

Dalal AK, Schnipper JL, Poon EG, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:523-538.

BOOK/REPORT

Why Current Breast Pathology Practices Must Be Evaluated.

Dallas, TX: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; June 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Lost surgical specimens, lost opportunities.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2005;2:1-5.

STUDY

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

Goodyear N, Ulness BK, Prentice JL, Cookson BT, Limaye AP. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2008;132:1792-1795.

STUDY

Medical malpractice as reflected by the forensic evaluation of 4450 autopsies.

Madea B, Preuß J. Forensic Sci Int. 2009;190:58-66.

STUDY

Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services.

Chasin BS, Elliott SP, Klotz SA. Am J Med. 2007;120:819.e9-11.

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