| Laboratory safety and the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety. | |
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PMID: 19302992 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Laboratory medicine has been a pioneer in the field of patient safety; indeed, the College of American Pathology first called attention to the issue in 1946. Delivering reliable laboratory results has long been considered a priority, as the data produced in laboratory medicine have the potential to critically influence individual patients' diagnosis and management. Until recently, most attention on laboratory safety has focused on the analytic stage of laboratory medicine. Addressing this stage has led to significant and impressive improvements in the areas over which laboratories have direct control. However, recent data demonstrate that pre- and post-analytical phases are at least as vulnerable to errors; to further improve patient safety in laboratory medicine, attention must now be focused on the pre- and post-analytic phases, and the concept of patient safety as a multi-disciplinary, multi-stage and multi-system concept better understood. The World Alliance for Patient Safety (WAPS) supports improvement of patient safety globally and provides a potential framework for considering the total testing process. |
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Authors:
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Layla McCay; Claire Lemer; Albert W Wu |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-03-18 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry Volume: 404 ISSN: 1873-3492 ISO Abbreviation: Clin. Chim. Acta Publication Date: 2009 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-05-25 Completed Date: 2009-08-24 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1302422 Medline TA: Clin Chim Acta Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 6-11 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety, World Health Organisation, Geneva 27, Switzerland. |
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Diagnostic Errors
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prevention & control Humans Laboratory Techniques and Procedures / standards* Medical Errors / prevention & control Patient Advocacy Quality Assurance, Health Care / standards Safety* / standards Safety Management* / standards World Health Organization* |
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