
Preventing Specimen Misidentification Errors
Purpose: | To prevent misidentification of patient specimens. |
Specialty: | Clinical Laboratory |
Objective: | laboratory tests, prevention |
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Description: | Errors with laboratory specimens can arise from misidentification of the patient or misidentification of specimens. The vast majority of misidentification errors are preventable. |
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