Add to ORKGI describe a system of quality control based on comput-er detection of changes in individual patient test results. This system, called “delta check, ” was used to follow all the tests performed by the clinical chemistry labora-tory in a 1200-bed hospital. Analysis of 22 months ’ ex-perience indicates that specimen misidentification is a serious problem in the clinical chemistry laboratory. Over a nine-month period, errors were most frequent in the results for total thyroxine, total calcium, and total protein. Instances of laboratory error detectable by the delta check system are not detected by other currently used methods of quality control. This system therefore appears to be a valuable asset to the clinical laboratory. AdditIonal Keyphra...
Background: Autoverification is a process of using computer-based rules to verify clinical laborator...
patient safety and the need to reduce laboratory errors, it is important that clinical laboratories ...
Glucose testing in the hospital with point-of-care devices presents multiple opportunities for error...
A functioning system of quality control, utilizing three types of control materials, is described.An...
A MUMPS computer program, which stores and retrieves quality-control data from all automated and man...
Laboratory testing is a highly complex process and, although laboratory services are relatively safe...
The last few decades have seen a significant decrease in the rates of analytical errors in clinical ...
Laboratory diagnostics, a pivotal part of clinical decision making, is no safer than other areas of ...
Aim of the study: Evaluate clinical diagnostics laboratory errors and their management possibilities...
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, To err is human, galvanized a dramatically increased level o...
Background: The clinical laboratory is the major producer of information used to diagnose, treat, an...
Background: We report our results for the systematic recording of all errors in a standard clinical ...
THE MEMBERS OF THIS PANEL have discussed the statistical problems concerned with errors and control ...
Introduction: Quality indicators for assessing the performance of a laboratory require a systematic ...
Background: The problem of medical errors has recently received a great deal of attention, which wil...
Background: Autoverification is a process of using computer-based rules to verify clinical laborator...
patient safety and the need to reduce laboratory errors, it is important that clinical laboratories ...
Glucose testing in the hospital with point-of-care devices presents multiple opportunities for error...
A functioning system of quality control, utilizing three types of control materials, is described.An...
A MUMPS computer program, which stores and retrieves quality-control data from all automated and man...
Laboratory testing is a highly complex process and, although laboratory services are relatively safe...
The last few decades have seen a significant decrease in the rates of analytical errors in clinical ...
Laboratory diagnostics, a pivotal part of clinical decision making, is no safer than other areas of ...
Aim of the study: Evaluate clinical diagnostics laboratory errors and their management possibilities...
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, To err is human, galvanized a dramatically increased level o...
Background: The clinical laboratory is the major producer of information used to diagnose, treat, an...
Background: We report our results for the systematic recording of all errors in a standard clinical ...
THE MEMBERS OF THIS PANEL have discussed the statistical problems concerned with errors and control ...
Introduction: Quality indicators for assessing the performance of a laboratory require a systematic ...
Background: The problem of medical errors has recently received a great deal of attention, which wil...
Background: Autoverification is a process of using computer-based rules to verify clinical laborator...
patient safety and the need to reduce laboratory errors, it is important that clinical laboratories ...
Glucose testing in the hospital with point-of-care devices presents multiple opportunities for error...