Addressing the identity crisis in healthcare: positive patient identification technology reduces wrong patient events

Transfusion. 2019 Mar;59(3):899-902. doi: 10.1111/trf.15160.

Authors

Jeannie Callum^{1

2}, Edward Etchells^{3

4}, Kaveh Shojania^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 30840332
DOI: 10.1111/trf.15160

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Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Humans
Identity Crisis*
Medical Errors*
Product Labeling