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Patient identification error among prostate needle core biopsy specimens—are we ready for a DNA time-out?
November 7, 2007
Suba EJ, Pfeifer JD, Raab SS. J Urol. 2007;178(4 Pt 1):1245-8.
This study summarizes the findings from three root cause analyses to highlight the challenges in preventing patient identification errors in surgical pathology specimens. The authors suggest the use of a time-out strategy that would reduce the risk of the wrong patient receiving radiation or surgical therapy.
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