Medical errors: impact on clinical laboratories and other critical areas.

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Medical errors: impact on clinical laboratories and other critical areas.

March 6, 2005

Kalra J.

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The author reviews the literature on errors in clinical laboratories and suggests that attention to systemic factors may help prevent such errors.

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