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- Title: An Optimistic Outlook: Advances in Phlebotomy Promise Improvement: New and Improved Methods and Technologies Show Promise of Resolving Patient ID and Specimen Collection Problems with Typical Populations As Well As Drug Addicts (Article 363: 1 Clock Hour)
- Author : Journal of Continuing Education Topics & Issues
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 256 KB
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It has been reported that 160,000 adverse patient events occur annually due to patient misidentification or specimen labeling errors committed by the clinical laboratory. (1) "These errors pose a threat to the very lives of those who have entrusted their care to us," says Dennis J. Ernst, MT(ASCP), director, Center for Phlebotomy Education, Inc., Corydon, IN. "Additionally, patient identification errors rob laboratories of their credibility, reliability, productivity and morale." Today's Biggest Problems