Preventing laboratory error and improving patient safety – The role of non-laboratory trained healthcare professionals

In 2023, the World Health Organization estimates that 1 in every 10 patients experiences harm from unsafe care, with 3 million deaths occurring yearly from the same. Over half the cases of patient harm are preventable and resultant from errors. As 70% of medical decision making involves the laborato...

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Published in:	Clinical Infection in Practice
Main Authors:	John C. Lam, Deirdre L. Church
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-01-01
Subjects:	Error Quality Patient safety Laboratory medicine Laboratory-associated errors
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170224000050