Publications
- Study of Cross-Contamination of Biopsy Specimens in 69 Anatomic Pathology Laboratories Raises Concerns about Test Quality and Patient Safety
Patricia Kirk
Dark Daily Clinical Laboratory and Pathology News
- Risk of Misdiagnosis Due to Tissue Contamination May be Higher for Certain Specimen Types
John B. Carpenter, MD
DARK Daily Laboratory and Pathology News
- Extraneous Tissue in Surgical Pathology
Gordon N. Gephardt, MD, Richard J. Zarbo, MD, DMD
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
November 1996
- Tissue Floaters and Contaminants
Eric Platt, BS; Paul Sommer; Linda McDonald, MT, ASCP; Ana Bennett, MD; Jennifer Hunt, MD
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
June 2009
- A National Agenda for the Future of Pathology in Personalized Medicine
Peter J. Tonellato, PhD, James M. Crawford, MD, PhD, Mark S. Boguski, MD, PhD, and Jeffrey E. Saffitz, MD, PhD
American Journal of Clinical Pathology
May 2011
- Measurement of stainer bath contamination and evaluation of common mitigation strategies
Cahill, Angie; Pearson, Jeff
Journal of Histotechnology, Volume 35, Number 3, pp. 130-139(10)
September 2012
- Patient safety and cancer: the dialogue begins on Capitol Hill
Eric Walk, MD, FCAP
Medical Laboratory Observer
May 2013
Articles
- Huddles, checklists, and Dale Carnegie: promoting a culture of patient safety
Anne Paxton
CAP.org
November 2011
- The safety implications of missed test results for hospitalised patients
Joanne Callen, Andrew Georgiou, Julie Li, Johanna I Westbrook
BMJ Quality and Safety
February 2011
Videos
- Journal of Histotechnology Reports on Real Risk of Errors in Patient Tissue Biopsy Processing
by Ventana Medical Systems
Published on Jul 17, 2013