
050CE: Specimen Issues and Serologic Testing with Sue Johnson
Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast
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The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals
The Joint Commission has national patient safety goals. They say use at least two patient identifiers when providing care, treatment, or services. And then also labeling containers used for blood and other specimens in the presence of the patient. That's super important because we know every year there are fatal transfusion reactions that are due to patient misidentification,. Or sample labeling errors.
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