IBMS have recently issued guidance on error-logging, with the recommendation
to log any incident which led to, or could have led to, an error in the
reporting of a result. Do colleagues have any experience of this?
2 points would appear to be of concern: is the error log confidential, or
could it for instance be requested by the local newspaper in 'Lab makes x
mistakes, shock, horror' or for fishing expeditions by solicitors; secondly,
under clinical governance, mistakes should be reported to the patient
concerned - anybody doing that?
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