Literature Review
Below I have attached a review of literature that I have researched and read through to assist in my project of preventing and eliminating specimen errors. The Level of Evidence (LOE) is listed beside the article links.
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Article Link Level of Evidence (LOE)
Article Link Level of Evidence (LOE)
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LOE 6
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LOE 6
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LOE 6
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LOE 8
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LOE 8
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LOE 8
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LOE 8
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These are also references that I have used in the research of my project.
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Tool. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tool/FailureModesandEffectsAnalysisTool.aspx. [LOE 8]
- Hammerling, J. A. (2012). A Review of Medical Errors in Laboratory Diagnostics and Where We Are Today. Laboratory Medicine, 43, 41-44. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758467. [LOE 8]
- Morrison,A. P., Tanasijevic, M. J., Goonan, E. M., Lobb, M. M., Bates, M. M., Lipsitz, S. R., ... Melanson, S. E. (2010). Reduction in Specimen Labeling Errors After Implementation of a Positive Patient Identification System in Phelbotomy. American Journal of Clinical Pathoogy, 133, 870-877. http://dx.doi.org/10.13 [LOE 6].