Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany)
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Many diagnostic errors are caused by premature closure of the diagnostic process. To help prevent premature closure, we developed checklists that prompt physicians to consider all reasonable diagnoses for symptoms that commonly present in primary care. ⋯ Checklists did not improve the diagnostic error rate in this study. However further development and testing of checklists in larger studies may be warranted.
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Identification of errors in anatomic pathology is an important issue in medical practice. The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and characterize preanalytic errors in surgical pathology and cytology samples. We also intended to explore associations between error prevalence and procedures implemented in hospitals concerning the type of requisition forms, use of guidelines for case acceptance and existence of error notification system. ⋯ The existence of written norms for sample acceptance and error reporting systems to submitting services and patient safety department were proven to be associated to lower error prevalence.