Identification errors in pathology and laboratory medicine.

Paul N. Valenstein; Ronald L. Sirota

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Identification errors in pathology and laboratory medicine.

December 18, 2008

Valenstein PN, Sirota RL. Clin Lab Med. 2004;24(4):979-96, vii.

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This article examines how identification errors are discovered, as well as frequency of their occurrence and ways to prevent them.

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