• Title of article

    Educational Case: Wrong Blood in Tube

  • Author/Authors

    Uehlinger, Joan Montefiore Medical Center and The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    2
  • Abstract
    The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.
  • Keywords
    pathology competencies , preanalytic error , wrong blood in tube , quality improvement , process control , specimen identification , diagnostic medicine , therapeutic pathology
  • Journal title
    Academic Pathology
  • Serial Year
    2017
  • Record number

    2613237