Developing and pilot testing practical measures of preanalytic surgical specimen identification defects.
Bixenstine PJ, Zarbo RJ, Holzmueller CG, et al. Developing and pilot testing practical measures of preanalytic surgical specimen identification defects. Am J Med Qual. 2013;28(4):308-14. doi:10.1177/1062860612469824.
Surgical specimen identification errors occur regularly and preventing misidentification errors is a National Patient Safety Goal. This study reports on an effort to develop process measures for monitoring the quality of specimen identification.