Background: The systems-based management of laboratory test ordering and results
handling is a known source of error in primary care settings worldwide. The consequences …

Background In general practice internationally, many care teams handle large numbers of
laboratory test results relating to patients in their care. Related research about safety issues …

Objective To explore experiences and perceptions of frontline administrators involved in the
systems-based management of laboratory test ordering and results handling in general …

Objectives To analyse a medical protection organisation's database to identify hazards
related to general practice systems for ordering laboratory tests, managing test results and …

Physicians order a lot of tests in primary care. We use tests to diagnose patients' complaints,
monitor chronic diseases, check medication levels and screen for health risks and early …

To quote Voltaire by way of Spider-Man, with great power comes great responsibility. This
phrase rings especially true for medical trainees on reaching the point in their training when …

The notion of patient safety in laboratory medicine can be loosely interpreted as the
assurance that harm to patients is prevented, safe care outcomes are enhanced through …

Background Patient safety in primary care is a developing field with an embryonic but
evolving evidence base. This narrative review aims to identify tools that can be used by …

Objectives Testing plays a vital role in primary care. Failures in the process are common and
can be harmful. As the great 19th century microbiologist Louis Pasteur put it “chance favors …

In 1999 the Institute of Medicine (IOM)[1] issued a report on medical errors,''To Err is Human:
Building a Safer Health System,''which presented data supporting the fact that preventable …