Wrong Diagnoses Flashcards
1
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Medical Error
A
and unintended act or one doesn’t achieve its intended outcome, failure of a planned action to be completed as intended, use of wrong plan to achieve an aim or deviation from process of care that may or may not cause harm
2
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pre-analytical error
A
sample handling error or wrong test chosen
3
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analytical error
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sensitivity - ability of a test to correctly identify positive cases
specificity - ability of a test to correctly identify negative cases
error during test