Error Reduction and Prevention in Surgical Pathology

The 1st edition of Error Reduction and Prevention in Surgical Pathology was an opportunity to pull together into one place all the ideas related to errors in surgical pathology and to organize a discipline in error reduction. This 2nd edition is an opportunity to refine this information, to reorgani...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nakhleh, Raouf E. (Editor), Volmar, Keith E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:2nd ed. 2019
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • General Principles of How Errors Occur and How they May Be Reduced
  • Error Management: Legal and Regulatory Responsibilities
  • Quality Performance and Compensation Considerations
  • Error Reduction in the Preanalytical Process
  • Ancillary Studies: Contribution to Error and Error Prevention
  • Work Habits Contributing to Error in Surgical Pathology
  • Clinical history and clinical correlation
  • Standardization of Diagnostic Terminology and Criteria: A Prelude for Error Reduction
  • Optimization of Case Reviews in Different Practice Settings
  • Pathologists’ Knowledge, Experience and Judgement in Diagnostic Error Prevention (Pathologists’ Competence)
  • The Complete Surgical Pathology Report
  • Communicating Effectively in Surgical Pathology
  • Error Prevention in Transcription and Report Distribution
  • Leveraging Information Technology in Error Prevention
  • Tracking Report Defects
  • Root Cause Analysis in Surgical Pathology
  • Disclosure of Pathology Error to Treating Clinicians and Patients