Up to 70 percent of errors associated with lab results happen way before the tests are even analyzed, according to a report from ECRI Institute’s Patient Safety Organization. Getting a delayed ...
A mistake at the NYPD's drug laboratory went undetected from 2016 to 2021, The Post has learned. Getty Images/iStockphoto A coding error at the NYPD’s drug ...
This type of routine evaluation is an important part of a safety program, because if we can understand the root causes of even minor lab errors, we can put measures in place to hopefully prevent ...
Laboratory errors don't necessarily originate in the lab itself, contrary to what many hospitals might think, according to a new ECRI Institute patient-safety report (PDF) studying the impact of ...