| 92-01 Autologous Blood Utilization |
| Objective: |
To provide
an interhospital comparison for the effectiveness and appropriateness
of preoperative autologous blood donation. Topics include levels
of autologous and homologous transfusion usage, and donations
for low-risk surgery. |
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For more
information about this study, see:
Instructions and Forms. (PDF, 392 KB)
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
1994;118(No.4):438-441. (PDF, 294 K) |
| 92-02 Laboratory Safety Practices and Policies |
| Objective: |
To examine safety practices including incident reports, with particular attention to occupational transmission of bloodborne pathogens. |
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For more information about this study, see:
Instructions and Forms. (PDF, 446 KB)
Data Analysis and Critique (PDF, 1 MB) |
| 92-03 Autopsy Timeliness and Permit Adequacy |
| Objective: |
To evaluate
autopsy report timeliness based on time intervals for selected
events between the patient's death and the start of the autopsy
prosection, and to evaluate the autopsy permit adequacy by examining
the completed permit form for the presence of specific items. |
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For more information about this study, see:
Instructions and Forms. (PDF, 326 KB)
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
1996;120:346-352. (PDF, 490 K) |
| 92-04 Critical Values |
| Objective: |
To identify common analytes and values that are included on Critical Value lists, to learn how Critical Value lists are determined, and to examine how values are communicated to the medical staff. |
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For more information about this study, see:
Instructions and Forms. (PDF, 512 KB)
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
| 92-05 Hematology Specimen Acceptability |
| Objective: |
To identify
and characterize unacceptable specimens that are submitted to
the hematology laboratory. |
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For more
information about this study, see:
Instructions and Forms. (PDF, 198 KB)
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
1995;119:203-208. (PDF, 414 K) |
| 92-06 Bladder Carcinoma Surgical Pathology
Report Adequacy |
| Objective: |
To assess
multiple factors involved in processing and evaluating urinary
bladder biopsies with invasive and noninvasive carcinoma. |
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For more information about this study, see:
Instructions and Forms. (PDF, 730 KB)
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
1995;119:681-685. (PDF, 291 K) |
| 92-07 Inpatient Phlebotomy |
| Objective: |
To monitor
the frequency of unsuccessful phlebotomies and to examine the
specific reasons for collection failures. |
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For more information about this study, see:
Instructions and Forms. (PDF, 464 KB)
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
1994;118:601-605 (PDF, 418 K) and 1994;118:957-962. (PDF, 451 K) |
| 92-08 Laboratory Proficiency Testing |
| Objective: |
To categorize
the reasons identified by laboratories for unsatisfactory performance
in proficiency testing challenges on chemistry analytes. |
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For more information about this study, see:
Instructions and Forms. (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
1996;120:1094-1101. (PDF, 451 K) |
| 92-09 Surgical Pathology Routine Biopsy Turnaround
Time |
| Objective: |
To assess
the timeliness of the intralaboratory (analytic) component of
turnaround for routine surgical pathology biopsies encompassed
by CPT codes 88302, 88304, and 88305. |
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For more information about this study, see:
Instructions and Forms. (PDF, 335 KB)
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
1996;120:234-244. (PDF, 778 K) |
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