Knowledge, Training, and Experience
Specialty Reviewed cases Major Minor Major discrepancy rate Breast 29 3 5 0.10 Bone and soft tissue 13 3 2 0.23 Cytology 2 1a 0 0.50 Dermatopathology 5 2 0…
Standardization of Diagnostic Terminology and Criteria: A Prelude for Error Reduction
Necessary features Demonstration Ease of use Ease of use in all settings, not just tertiary centers; the process should be simple Reproducibility Sufficient studies demonstrating good diagnostic agreement with moderate…
Error Reduction in the Preanalytical Process
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Raouf E. Nakhleh (ed.)Error Reduction and Prevention in Surgical Pathology10.1007/978-1-4939-2339-7_4 4. Error Reduction in the Preanalytical Process Richard W. Brown1 (1) System Laboratory Services, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, 7600…
Clinical History and Clinical Correlation
Pitfalls of clinical information in surgical pathology Potential consequences of inadequate clinical information and correlation • Ambiguous abbreviations • Inappropriate treatment or management • Clinical working diagnosis relayed as definitively…
