Error Reduction and Prevention in Surgical Pathology (Springer New York, 2015)
Introduction – The Landscape of Error in Surgical Pathology – General Principles of How Errors Occur and How They May Be Reduced – Error Reduction in the Pre-analytical Process – Application of Lean Principles to Pre-Analytic and Analytic Processes – Clinical History and Clinical Correlation – Knowledge, Training, and Experience – Standardization of Diagnostic Terminology and Criteria: A Prelude for Error Reduction – Ancillary Studies: Contribution to Error and Error Prevention – Optimization of Case Reviews in Different Practice Settings – The Complete Surgical Pathology Report – Communicating Effectively in Surgical Pathology – Error Prevention in Transcription and Report Distribution