More than half of abnormal results from laboratory tests ordered by family physicians could be false-positive

Can Fam Physician. 2018 Mar;64(3):202-203.

Authors

Christopher Naugler¹, Irene Ma²

Affiliations

¹ Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Professor in the Department of Family Medicine in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta, and Division Head of Calgary Laboratory Services. christopher.naugler@cls.ab.ca.
² Research associate in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.

PMID: 29540390
PMCID: PMC5851398

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Errors / statistics & numerical data*
False Positive Reactions*
Humans
Laboratories / standards*
Physicians, Family
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*