Newspaper/Magazine Article Hospitals move to cut dangerous lab errors. Citation Text: Landro L. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL June 28, 2006 Landro L. View more articles from the same authors. This article reports on a laboratory mix-up resulting in misdiagnosis and unneeded surgery and discusses the problem of laboratory errors. Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Landro L. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Don't come back, hospitals say. June 22, 2011 Hospitals overhaul ERs to reduce mistakes. January 30, 2005 'Use only as directed' isn't easy. May 11, 2011 Seeking a safer surgery: some states crack down on doctors who perform unregulated outpatient procedures. August 5, 2009 Clues to better health care from old malpractice lawsuits. May 18, 2016 Hospitals find a way to say, 'I'm sorry.' 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Seeking a safer surgery: some states crack down on doctors who perform unregulated outpatient procedures. August 5, 2009
Why hospitals still make serious medical errors—and how they are trying to reduce them. March 29, 2023
Hospitals try to calm doctors' outbursts: medical road rage affecting patient safety, group says. August 27, 2008
Patient safety and health information technology conference: A newsmaker interview with Carolyn M. Clancy, MD. June 22, 2005
The cost of errors: Medicare's new policy could cost the average hospital $23,772: study. June 25, 2008
Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: inside an unfolding investigation at a VA hospital in West Virginia. October 23, 2019
An Organisation with a Memory: Report of an Expert Group on Learning from Adverse Events in the NHS Chaired by the Chief Medical Officer. March 6, 2005
Patient safety and adverse maternal health outcomes: the missing social inequalities 'lens.' October 5, 2005
Interview In Conversation With...Stephen Hines, PhD and Monika Haugstetter, MHA, MSN, RN, CPHQ about TeamSTEPPS 3.0 February 28, 2024
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Potential preanalytical and analytical vulnerabilities in the laboratory diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). April 29, 2020
Patient groups, clinicians and healthcare professionals agree—all test results need to be seen, understood and followed up. December 19, 2018
Understanding test results follow-up in the ambulatory setting: analysis of multiple perspectives. October 24, 2018
Reduction in hospital-wide clinical laboratory specimen identification errors following process interventions: a 10-year retrospective observational study. October 26, 2016
How well do health professionals interpret diagnostic information? A systematic review. August 12, 2015
Interpretive diagnostic error reduction in surgical pathology and cytology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center and the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. June 17, 2015