SmyrnaMed Case , vol.2, no.1, pp.5-7, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
İnce H,
Yazıcı Y, Destan C, Aliustaoğlu S. Malpractice in Pathology: Case Report
ABSTRACT: Surgical
pathology has a relatively low diagnostic error rate. The clinical significant
diagnostic error rate in surgical pathology reported in the literature varies
from 0.26% to 1.2%. Since the pathologists are the final step in the process of
diagnosis; they play an important role among the physicians. The pathologists
must maintain the high standard of care. Identifying the most frequent errors
in pathology as follows: breast biopsy, melanoma and lymphoma, fine needle
aspiration (FNA), frozen sectionand prostate biopsy. Proper analysis of medical
malpractice cases is very important in the management of medical malpractice.
It must be investigated on which level of healthcare services and by whom these
failures were caused and all tests and treatments as well as follow-ups must be
archived regularly and accurately in order to provide a significant referance
for the standardization of professional as well as medico-legal procedures.
Key words: Acreditation,
diagnostic error, pathologist, standardization.
İnce H,
Yazıcı Y, Destan C, Aliustaoğlu S. Malpractice in Pathology: Case Report
ABSTRACT: Surgical
pathology has a relatively low diagnostic error rate. The clinical significant
diagnostic error rate in surgical pathology reported in the literature varies
from 0.26% to 1.2%. Since the pathologists are the final step in the process of
diagnosis; they play an important role among the physicians. The pathologists
must maintain the high standard of care. Identifying the most frequent errors
in pathology as follows: breast biopsy, melanoma and lymphoma, fine needle
aspiration (FNA), frozen sectionand prostate biopsy. Proper analysis of medical
malpractice cases is very important in the management of medical malpractice.
It must be investigated on which level of healthcare services and by whom these
failures were caused and all tests and treatments as well as follow-ups must be
archived regularly and accurately in order to provide a significant referance
for the standardization of professional as well as medico-legal procedures.
Key words: Acreditation,
diagnostic error, pathologist, standardization.