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A multidisciplinary, multifaceted improvement initiative to eliminate mislabelled laboratory specimens at a large tertiary care hospital.

Seferian EG, Jamal S, Clark K, et al. A multidisciplinary, multifaceted improvement initiative to eliminate mislabelled laboratory specimens at a large tertiary care hospital. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(8):690-7. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003005.

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January 15, 2017
Seferian EG, Jamal S, Clark K, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(8):690-7.
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This quality improvement initiative used human factors approaches including failure mode and effect analysis, event review, and root cause analysis to successfully reduce the rate of specimen mislabeling in an inpatient setting. This study highlights the importance of re-examining longstanding work processes to augment safety.

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Seferian EG, Jamal S, Clark K, et al. A multidisciplinary, multifaceted improvement initiative to eliminate mislabelled laboratory specimens at a large tertiary care hospital. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(8):690-7. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003005.