title: [Quality control of intraoperative diagnosis].
abstract: A retrospective study of 2500 consecutive frozen sections obtained in the period April 14, 1993, through April 29, 1995 from the Institute of Anatomic Pathology of Ospedale "Bellaria" of Bologna is presented. The most frequent of mistakes followed sampling errors. Quality Control of frozen section diagnoses is a valid system for monitoring and improving the accuracy of diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Università di Bologna.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pirini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eusebi
mesh_terms: D003933:Diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D005629:Frozen Sections / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D007558:Italy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011786:Quality Control; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Il controllo di qualità delle diagnosi intraoperatorie.