Getting it right for patient safety: specimen collection process improvement from operating room to pathology. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Getting it right for patient safety: specimen collection process improvement from operating room to pathology. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published July 2016

Getting it right for patient safety: specimen collection process improvement from operating room to pathology.

D'Angelo R, Mejabi O. Am J Clin Pathol. 2016;146:8-17.

Mistakes in laboratory specimen labeling can contribute to diagnostic delay and error. This commentary describes an improvement initiative that enhanced teamwork between a pathology and surgical unit and applied Lean methodologies to redesign specimen labeling processes and reduce errors and inefficiencies over a 2-year period.

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