One prominent form of medical error and avoidable iatrogenic injury is diagnostic error, which includes missed, delayed, or incorrect diagnosis. Diagnostic errors may result from mistakes made during the laboratory testing procedure. The purpose of this retrospective study of voluntary event reports was to look into the types, reasons, and clinical effects of errors—including diagnostic errors—that occur during clinical laboratory testing. A number of papers published in the past 20 years have brought laboratory professionals' attention to the pre-and post-analytical phases, which currently seem to be more susceptible to errors than the analytical phase. This is true even though the frequency of laboratory errors varies greatly, depending on the study design and steps of the entire testing process investigated. Specifically, the pre-pre-and post-analytical phases of the cycle, which are typically outside the laboratory's control, have been found to have a high incidence of errors and a risk of errors that could endanger patients. The International Organization for Standardization's 2008 publication of a Technical Specification was crucial in gathering data and shifting public perceptions about laboratory errors by highlighting the necessity of a patient-centered approach to testing errors. Laboratory testing process problems frequently result in potential diagnostic errors. Voluntary incident reports are a useful source for research on diagnostic error linked to clinical laboratory testing process errors, despite their tendency to provide insufficient information on causes and clinical consequences
One prominent form of medical error and avoidable iatrogenic injury is diagnostic error, which includes missed, delayed, or incorrect diagnosis. Diagnostic errors may result from mistakes made during the laboratory testing procedure. The purpose of this retrospective study of voluntary event reports was to look into the types, reasons, and clinical effects of errors—including diagnostic errors—that occur during clinical laboratory testing. A number of papers published in the past 20 years have brought laboratory professionals' attention to the pre-and post-analytical phases, which currently seem to be more susceptible to errors than the analytical phase. This is true even though the frequency of laboratory errors varies greatly, depending on the study design and steps of the entire testing process investigated. Specifically, the pre-pre-and post-analytical phases of the cycle, which are typically outside the laboratory's control, have been found to have a high incidence of errors and a risk of errors that could endanger patients. The International Organization for Standardization's 2008 publication of a Technical Specification was crucial in gathering data and shifting public perceptions about laboratory errors by highlighting the necessity of a patient-centered approach to testing errors. Laboratory testing process problems frequently result in potential diagnostic errors. Voluntary incident reports are a useful source for research on diagnostic error linked to clinical laboratory testing process errors, despite their tendency to provide insufficient information on causes and clinical consequences
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