Speeding up necropsy histology reports in a teaching hospital.
A programme of repeated personal reminders substantially reduced the delay in producing final histological reports for necropsy cases. The proportion delayed for over four weeks was reduced from 69.7% to 46.7%, and the proportion delayed for over 10 weeks was reduced from 38.6% to 11.7%. This improvement may contribute to halting and reversing the now established trend in the decline of necropsy rates.
Benbow
E W
EW
Department of Pathological Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford.
Howard
J C
JC
D001344:Autopsy / Q000592:standards*; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D006753:Hospital Records / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010337:Pathology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors