[Current status of medical accident prevention in our pathology section].
Preventive measures against medical accident should be addressed in the pathology section. Medical accidents occur while preparing tissue specimens and making pathological diagnoses. For the preparation of tissue specimens, we have developed a work manual in consultation with past incident reports and update this manual regularly. We can reduce medical accidents by including a check system for each task. For pathological diagnosis, we perform some of the same checks as for tissue specimen preparation and can make more correct diagnoses by conferring with other departments. It is also important to check each other's work to prevent medical accidents.
Uehara
Takeshi
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Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan. tuehara@shinshu-u.ac.jp
Kobayashi
Yukihiro
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Honda
Takayuki
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D000056:Accident Prevention; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012306:Risk; D012308:Risk Management; D013048:Specimen Handling