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Mislabeling of cases, specimens, blocks, and slides: a College of American Pathologists study of 136 institutions.

September 14, 2011

Nakhleh RE, Idowu MO, Souers RJ, et al. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011;135(8):969-74.

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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.

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