title: Errors in medicine and errors in laboratory medicine: what is the difference?
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ottomano
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000401:mortality; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D006403:Hematologic Tests; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000401:mortality; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D019518:Postprandial Period; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
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