Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
According to a recent CAP Q-Probe, approximately how many glucose tests are being bracketed by QC events?
Is it
5,000 tests between QC runs
500 tests between QC runs
50 tests between QC runs
5 tests between QC runs
The answer, after the jump
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Posted by Sten Westgard, MS
Diagnostic errors are one of the "new" hot topics in the healthcare field. A new study from British Medical Journal of Quality and Safety has a chilling estimate of just how common diagnostic errors are occurring in outpatient settings.
So what's your guess? How often in the US are diagnostic errors being made in outpatient settings?
about 1 in 5 visits
about 1 in 10 visits
about 1 in 20 visits
about 1 in 50 visits
about 1 in 100 visits
The study's conclusion, after the jump...
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Thanks to Abbott for their expo photo booth. Not often we get a chance to have a professional photo taken.
Dr. Westgard talks about the new era of QC at the Thermo Fisher workshop.