title: [Quality control at the Istituto di Anatomia e Istologia patologica at the Università di Bologna].
abstract: The growing importance in medical practice of a standardized diagnosis in cyto- and histopathology and the recent recommendations for the adoption of standardized schemes for quality control in anatomic pathology by International Committees stimulated the medical staff of the Institute of Anatomic Pathology of the University of Bologna to adopt a pertinent method. The method used by the Department of Pathology of the Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA) was chosen. A Committee for the quality control was appointed and two kinds of controls were set up: an External Quality Assessment (review of the difficult cases by external experts, slide seminars) and an Internal Quality Assessment performed by the members of the Committee on the diagnostic and laboratory routine of the Institute. Such a survey is periodically monitored during the monthly meetings of the Committee and described in the monthly reports. The present paper illustrates the method adopted and the preliminary results obtained in order to stimulate the discussion of such a critical theme in contemporary Anatomic Pathology at a national level.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alampi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baroni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ceccarelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dina
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eusebi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giangaspero
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Grigioni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lecce
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Losi
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000592:standards*; D000715:Anatomy; D001344:Autopsy / Q000592:standards; D005629:Frozen Sections / Q000592:standards; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000592:standards; D017403:In Situ Hybridization / Q000592:standards; D007558:Italy; D010336:Pathology / Q000592:standards*; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities
vernacular_title: Controllo di qualità dell'Istituto di Anatomia e Istologia patologica dell'Università di Bologna.