Patient safety in anatomic pathology: measuring discrepancy frequencies and causes.

Stephen S. Raab; Raouf E. Nakhleh; Stephen G. Ruby

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Patient safety in anatomic pathology: measuring discrepancy frequencies and causes.

April 15, 2005

Raab SS, Nakhleh RE, Ruby SG. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005;129(4):459-466.

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The authors sought to learn about discrepanies in pathology specimens. The problems they uncovered had a moderate effect on patient care and established a mean multi-institutional discrepancy frequency (related to secondary review).

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