title: Improving patient safety: lessons from other disciplines.
abstract: Other industries and certain healthcare specialties have employed a variety of methods to improve safety and quality of services. Techniques such as industry-wide standardized collection and reporting of error data, standardization of practice through checklists, application of electronic health records, and simulator-based interdisciplinary training have improved outcomes in aviation, anesthesiology, and surgery. Although traditionally the clinical laboratory has concentrated on analytical performance, pre- and post-analytical aspects of laboratory services may also be improved through the application of these methods.
authors.affiliation: Bellarmine University, Medical Laboratory Science Department, Louisville, KY 40205, USA. kgolemboski@bellarmine.edu
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Golemboski
mesh_terms: D001359:Aviation / Q000592:standards; D057189:Checklist; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards