Quality

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Quality, in pathology, has got a lot of attention lately because there have been high profile screw-ups that lead to significant harm.[1]

Analysis

Quality issues are examined a number of different ways, e.g. root cause analysis, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA).

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Errors in pathology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-analytical errors
 
 
Analytical errors
 
 
Post-analytical errors

Biopsy size

Very small tissue fragments are associated with a decreased diagnostic yield and an increased diagnostic uncertainty.

See also

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