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RIMeL / IJLaM 2008; 4 (Suppl.)

Letture su invito Sessioni Plenarie SIBioC-SIMeL

Error in medicine ... 108 L.L. Leape

Teaching Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine: How to spread the word? ... 109 R.H. Christenson

Clinical Governance and Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine ... 111 T. Trenti

Evidence-Based Laboratory reporting to clinicians ... 112 D. Giavarina

“Universal definition of myocardial infarction”: le nuove linee-guida 2007 ... 113 M. Galvani

High sensitive methods for cardiac troponin assay: analytical characteristics and pathophysiological

aspects ... 115 A. Clerico, C. Prontera

Quality specifications in cardiac biomarkers assays: which updatings? ... 116 M. Zaninotto

Cardiovascular markers: what does it change in the routine daily care of patients with new

“gold standard”? ... 117 M. Cassin, D. Rubin

Standardization in Laboratory Medicine: activities, goals, and further issues ... 118 M. Panteghini

Standardisation of HbA

1c

Measurements: practical consequences and course of activation ... 119 A. Mosca

Will standardization assist best practice in thyroid function testing? ... 120 G.H. Beastall

La standardizzazione in ematologia ... 121 M. Buttarello

A new laboratory in a new hospital: chronicle of an experience ... 124 I. Bertoli

The reorganization of medical laboratory. The plan from the region of Sardinia ... 125

N. Camusso

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Ricevuto: 03-09-2008 Pubblicato on-line: 13-10-2008

Corrispondence to: Dr. Lucian L. Leape, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Error in medicine

L.L. Leape

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Studies from the early 1990’s suggested that 3-4% of patients hospitalized in America suffered an injury caused by their treatment, and that more than half of these inju- ries were caused by errors or systems failures. It was esti- mated that as many as 98,000 people die annually in U.S.

hospitals because of medical errors. If the same rates ap- ply in Italy, 19,000 people die needlessly in Italian hospitals every year. The American studies have since been repeated in 6 other countries, where the average rate of injury has been found to be close to 10%, suggesting the problem is even worse than imagined.

Studies from cognitive psychology and human factors engineering, as well as everyday life experience, show that errors are normal part of human existence. But studies also show that most errors result from faulty systems, not from carlessness or incompetence. That is, the design of the tasks and processes that we work in leads us to make

mistakes. For example, two medication containers that have similar appearing labels are an invitation to a mix-up. Re- quiring a nurse or a doctor to work a full shift after they have just been awake working all night increases the chan- ce they will make a mistake. Excessive work loads make errors more likely. To prevent errors, the systems need to be redesigned. This is what commercial aviation has done with such great success.

This is what health care must do.

A major effort is underway around the world to redesi-

gn health care systems to improve patient safety. A num-

ber of new safe practices have been developed that will

significantly reduce medical errors. They now need to be

implemented widely in hospitals. This is part of the mis-

sion of the World Alliance for Patient Safety. Other exam-

ples of recent successes will be described. The time has

come for a world-wide effort to reduce medical mistakes.

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