Preferred Practices for Measuring and Reporting Patient Safety and Communication in Laboratory Medicine
Date of Publication:
APR 2009
Associated Project:
Laboratory Medicine: Patient Safety and Communication PracticesAbstract
The report highlights six preferred practices that have been endorsed as national voluntary consensus standards to drive quality improvement within the pre- and post-analytic laboratory phases. The six practices are intended as the starting point for the development of performance measures in laboratory medicine communication and patient safety.