Patient safety in anatomic pathology: measuring discrepancy frequencies and causes.
Raab SS, Nakhleh RE, Ruby SG. Patient safety in anatomic pathology: measuring discrepancy frequencies and causes. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005;129(4):459-466.
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).