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Voluntary electronic reporting of laboratory errors: an analysis of 37,532 laboratory event reports from 30 health care organizations.

Snydman LK, Harubin B, Kumar S, et al. Voluntary electronic reporting of laboratory errors: an analysis of 37,532 laboratory event reports from 30 health care organizations. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27(2):147-53. doi:10.1177/1062860611413567.

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April 18, 2012
Snydman LK, Harubin B, Kumar S, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27(2):147-53.
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This article uses data from a large database of voluntarily reported errors to characterize errors in laboratory medicine. Most errors occurred at the preanalytic phase (before the specimen arrived in the laboratory), with many errors arising from misidentification of specimens. The vast majority of the more than 30,000 errors analyzed did not lead to patient harm. A pathology misidentification error that resulted in disclosure of an incorrect diagnosis to a patient is discussed in this AHRQ WebM&M commentary.

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Snydman LK, Harubin B, Kumar S, et al. Voluntary electronic reporting of laboratory errors: an analysis of 37,532 laboratory event reports from 30 health care organizations. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27(2):147-53. doi:10.1177/1062860611413567.

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