Interventions to Improve Follow-Up of Laboratory Test Results Pending at Discharge: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Failure to follow up test results pending at discharge (TPAD) from hospitals or emergency departments is a major patient safety concern. The purpose of this review is to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to improve follow-up of laboratory TPAD. We conducted literature searches in PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane, and EMBASE using search terms for relevant health care settings, transition of patient care, laboratory tests, communication, and pending or missed tests. We solicited unpublished studies from the clinical laboratory community and excluded articles that did not address transitions between settings, did not include an intervention, or were not related to laboratory TPAD. We also excluded letters, editorials, commentaries, abstracts, case reports, and case series. O

SUBMITTER: Whitehead NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9491200 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature