Redefining and capturing pre-analytic deficiencies in an anatomical pathology laboratory : a quality improvement initiative
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Pre-analytical deficiencies (PADs) are a major source of errors in anatomical pathology, accounting for about 70% of laboratory deficiencies. These can lead to incorrect diagnoses, delayed treatments, and increased healthcare costs. As part of a quality improvement initiative, we retrospectively identified and characterized 237 PADs documented over a 1-year period in a tertiary care academic center. The most common PADs were errors in specimen procurement (56%), handling of samples within the lab (16%), accessioning (10%), incomplete requisitions (9%), and transportation-related issues (7%). Strategies were then devised to mitigate these errors. Categorization of pre- and intra-laboratory PADs was refined into eight categories (collection, requisition, specimen container, transportation, receiving, accessioning, preparation, and communications) in the laboratory information system. Mandatory PAD documentation was implemented for accessioning staff. Post-implementation, prospective analysis identified that the most common PADs were related to surgical requisitions (75%). Among these, missing ordering physician's signature was the most common, accounting for 67.7% of requisition-related PADs and 50.8% of all PADs. Other common PADs included incomplete information of specimens, clinical information, patient information, physician information, source location, collection time, incorrect requisition forms, and illegible handwritten information. This study highlights the importance of identifying and addressing PADs in the anatomical pathology laboratory setting as well as the potential benefits of implementing standardized documentation and quality improvement processes to address these deficiencies.
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