Mislabeling of cases, specimens, blocks, and slides: a College of American Pathologists study of 136 institutions.
Nakhleh RE, Idowu MO, Souers RJ, et al. Mislabeling of cases, specimens, blocks, and slides: a college of american pathologists study of 136 institutions. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011;135(8):969-74. doi:10.5858/2010-0726-CPR.
Looking across 136 institutions, this study quantified mislabeling rates at a cumulative total of 0.11% for cases, specimens, blocks, and slides. The authors reinforce the need for quality monitoring since most errors were caught in the immediate steps following the error.