Context.—Patient safety is an increasingly visible and important mission for clinical
laboratories. Attention to improving processes related to patient identification and specimen …

Laboratory data are used extensively in patient care; consequently, laboratory errors have a
tremendous impact on patient safety. Clinical laboratories were early leaders in efforts to …

Background Accurate patient identification and specimen labeling at the time of collection
are crucial steps in the prevention of medical errors, thereby improving patient safety …

Mislabeling of laboratory samples has been found to be a high-risk issue in acute care
hospitals. The goal of this study was to decrease mislabeled blood specimens. In the first …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We measure the rate of emergency department (ED) specimen
processing error reduction after implementation of an electronic physician order entry …

In this article, we describe the use of an information-gathering tool, the Delphi technique, to
overcome issues encountered when conducting a Failure Modes Effects Analysis as part of …

Mislabeled surgical specimens jeopardize patient safety and quality care. The purpose of
this project was to determine whether labeling surgical specimens with two patient identifiers …

Mislabeled surgical specimens jeopardize patient safety and quality care. The purpose of
this project was to determine whether labeling surgical specimens with two patient identifiers …

If you are an ED nurse, you know what it's like not to have enough time in the day, with
patient volumes already exceeding capacity and more on the way. You're rushed, you're …

Abstract In 2006, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics identified that the number
of specimen identification errors each month was much greater than desired and …