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The prevalence of pre-analytical errors in the laboratory of the Cantonal Hospital Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]

Medicinski Glasnik, 2019
Aim To identify rates of most common pre-analytical errors and to document possible (different) error rates between inpatients and outpatients. Methods This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology ...
Damira Kadić, Aida Avdagić-Ismić, Sabaheta Hasić   +2 more
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Accuracy of Broad-Panel PCR-Based Bacterial Identification for Blood Cultures in a Pediatric Oncology Population

Microbiology Spectrum, 2021
Bloodstream infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and result in significant costs to health care systems. Rapid identification of the causative agent of bloodstream infections is critical for patient treatment and improved outcomes ...
C. D. Garner, J. Brazelton de Cardenas, S. Suganda, R. T. Hayden   +3 more
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Cross-cultural adaptation and semantic validation of an instrument to identify palliative requirements in Portuguese

Einstein (São Paulo), 2020
Objective To translate and make cross-cultural adaptation of NECPAL CCOMS-ICO© tool to Portuguese, and to analyze its semantic validity. Methods A methodological research about NECPAL CCOMS-ICO© tool cross-cultural adaptation, translated from Spanish ...
Marcella Tardeli Esteves Angioleti Santana, Xavier Gómez-Batiste, Lucia Marta Giunta da Silva, Maria Gaby Rivero de Gutiérrez   +3 more
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Information system support for medical secretaries’ work in patient administration tasks in different phases of the care process

Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 2021
Medical secretaries may have several separate electronic nursing information systems in use, but regardless of the systems, their task is to make sure that the patient information is correct and usable.
Jenni Santavirta, Anne Kuusisto, Kaija Saranto, Tarja Suominen, Paula Asikainen   +4 more
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Patients' positive identification systems.

Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue, 2009
Blood safety must be maintained throughout the whole transfusion chain to prevent the transfusion of incorrect blood components. The estimated risk of an incorrect transfusion is in the order of 1 per 10,000 units of blood. Although several kinds of errors contribute to "wrong blood" events, 70% of errors occur in clinical areas with the most common ...
Pagliaro, Pasqualepaolo, Turdo, Rosalia, Capuzzo, Enrico   +2 more
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Evaluation of the Autof MS1000 mass spectrometer in the identification of clinical isolates

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background To evaluate the accuracy and performance of the Autof MS1000 mass spectrometer in bacteria and yeast identification, 2342 isolates were obtained from microbial cultures of clinical specimens (e.g.
Qiong Ma, Qi Zhang, Youhua Yuan, Wenjuan Yan, Shanmei Wang, Junhong Xu, Jiangfeng Zhang, Yuming Wang, Yi Li   +8 more
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Towards an Evaluation Framework for Ubiquitous, Self-Evolving Patient Identification Solutions in Health Information Systems

, 2021
The increasing adoption of Health Information Systems (HIS) does not seem to have resolved the ongoing lack of ubiquitous, dependable and accurate patient information so as to effectively prevent medical errors.
Bernus, P, Noran, O
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Patient Identification and Healthcare System

INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 2023
Abstract: Personal Health Records Identification is a system that allows an individual to store his/her health related information with doctor. The Personal Health Records Identification can control his/her data stored on the system using the fingerprint.
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Reduction in Hospital-Wide Clinical Laboratory Specimen Identification Errors following Process Interventions: A 10-Year Retrospective Observational Study.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundAccurate patient identification and specimen labeling at the time of collection are crucial steps in the prevention of medical errors, thereby improving patient safety.MethodsAll patient specimen identification errors that occurred in the ...
Hsiao-Chen Ning, Chia-Ni Lin, Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu, Yung-Ta Chang, Chiao-Ni Wen, Shu-Yu Peng, Tsung-Lan Chu, Hsin-Ming Yu, Tsu-Lan Wu   +8 more
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Systematic identification of phenotypically enriched loci using a patient network of genomic disorders [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Network medicine is a promising new discipline that combines systems biology approaches and network science to understand the complexity of pathological phenotypes.
Manuel Corpas, Juan A. G. Ranea, Corpas, M., Reyes-Palomares, Armando, Medina, Miguel Ángel, Sánchez-Jiménez, Francisca, Rodríguez-López, R., Francisca Sánchez-Jiménez, Corpas, Manuel, Ranea, Juan A G, Aníbal Bueno, Reyes-Palomares, A., Bueno, Aníbal, Ranea, J.A.G., Sánchez-Jiménez, F., Rodríguez-López, Rocío, Miguel Ángel Medina, Bueno, A., Ranea, Juan A. G., Medina, M., Armando Reyes-Palomares, Rocío Rodríguez-López   +21 more
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