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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (426)

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•Health Care Providers (2008)

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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

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.

NEWSLETTER/JOURNAL

Laboratory Errors & Patient Safety.

Seattle, WA: Medical Training Solutions.

COMMENTARY

Beyond the prescription: medication monitoring and adverse drug events in older adults.

Steinman MA, Handler SM, Gurwitz JH, Schiff GD, Covinsky KE. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1513-1520.

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.

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.

STUDY

Computer-assisted bar-coding system significantly reduces clinical laboratory specimen identification errors in a pediatric oncology hospital.

Hayden RT, Patterson DJ, Jay DW, et al. J Pediatr. 2008;152:219-224.

STUDY

Decreasing mislabeled laboratory specimens using barcode technology and bedside printers.

Brown JE, Smith N, Sherfy BR. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:13-21.

REVIEW

Identifying cross contaminants and specimen mix-ups in surgical pathology.

Hunt JL. Adv Anat Pathol. 2008;15:211-217.

COMMENTARY

Putting power into patient safety: interventions.

Astion M. Laboratory Errors & Patient Safety. May-June 2005;1:5-8.

COMMENTARY

Responding to large-scale testing errors.

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

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.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

July 2011 Author in the Room Teleconference.

Schiff GD. Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Journal of the American Medical Association. July 20, 2011.

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.

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 errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Lost surgical specimens, lost opportunities.

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

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.

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