Developing and pilot testing practical measures of preanalytic surgical specimen identification defects.

Paul J. Bixenstine; Richard J. Zarbo; Christine G. Holzmueller; Gayane Yenokyan; Raymond Robinson; Daniel W. Hudson; Arlene M. Prescott; Ron Hubble; Mary M. Murphy; Chris T. George; Rita D'Angelo; Sam Watson; Lisa H. Lubomski; Sean M. Berenholtz

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Developing and pilot testing practical measures of preanalytic surgical specimen identification defects.

July 16, 2013

Bixenstine PJ, Zarbo RJ, Holzmueller CG, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2013;28(4):308-14.

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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.

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