A Review of Medical Errors in Laboratory Diagnostics and Where We Are Today

作者: Julie A. Hammerling

DOI: 10.1309/LM6ER9WJR1IHQAUY

关键词: Patient safetyMedical physicsHealth careAlternative medicineMedicineQuality assessment

摘要: While many areas of health care are still struggling with the issue patient safety, laboratory diagnostics has always been a forerunner in pursuing this issue. Significant progress made since release “To Err is Human.” 1 This article briefly reviews quality assessment and looks at recent statistics concerning errors.

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