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REVIEW

Patient safety and error reduction in surgical pathology.

Nakhleh RE. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2008;132:181-185.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals move to cut dangerous lab errors.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). June 14, 2006:D1. [Reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

STUDY

Clinical impact associated with corrected results in clinical microbiology testing.

Yuan S, Astion ML, Schapiro J, Limaye AP. J Clin Microbiol. 2005;43:2188-2193.

COMMENTARY

Responding to large-scale testing errors.

Valenstein PN, Alpern GA, Keren DF. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010;133:440-446.

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

Finding blunders in thyroid testing: experience in newborns.

Zilka LJ, Lott JA, Baker LC, Linard SM. J Clin Lab Anal. 2008;22:254-256.

STUDY

Improving Papanicolaou test quality and reducing medical errors by using Toyota production system methods.

Raab SS, Andrew-Jaja C, Condel JL, Dabbs DJ. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006;194:57-64.

STUDY

Comparison and interpretation of urinalysis performed by a nephrologist versus a hospital-based clinical laboratory.

Tsai JJ, Yeun JY, Kumar VA, Don BR. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005;46:820-829.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Why Current Breast Pathology Practices Must Be Evaluated.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Prone to error: earliest steps to find cancer.

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

STUDY

Tracking with virtual slides: a tool to study diagnostic error in histopathology.

Treanor D, Lim CH, Magee D, Bulpitt A, Quirke P. Histopathology. 2009;55:37-45.

COMMENTARY

Contaminated or Not? Guidelines for Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

Weinstein MP. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

Commission of Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing.

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

STUDY

Error tracking in a clinical biochemistry laboratory.

Szecsi PB, Ødum L. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2009;47:1253-1257.

STUDY

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

Carraro P, Plebani M. Clin Chem. 2007;53:1338-42.

STUDY

Direct reporting of laboratory test results to patients by mail to enhance patient safety.

Sung S, Forman-Hoffman V, Wilson MC, Cram P. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21:1075-78.

STUDY

Accuracy of interpretation of preparticipation screening electrocardiograms.

Hill AC, Miyake CY, Grady S, Dubin AM. J Pediatr. 2011;159:783-788.

STUDY

Identification errors involving clinical laboratories: a College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of patient and specimen identification errors at 120 institutions.

Valenstein PN, Raab SS, Walsh MK. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006;130:1106-1113.

STUDY

Inaccuracy of ECG interpretations reported to the poison center.

Prosser JM, Smith SW, Rhim ES, Olsen D, Nelson LS, Hoffman RS. Ann Emerg Med. 2011;57:122-127.

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