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Mislabeled Specimen

This Medical Laboratory Science lesson in Laboratory Quality Management supports laboratory science learning and laboratory interpretation for medical laboratory students and professionals.

Case: identity on the label and request do not match, stop, escalate, and never guess the patient.

Intermediate10 min read15 sectionsLaboratory Quality Management
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Learning Objectives

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Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

Section: Learning Objectives

Each objective is a practical judgment skill for everyday laboratory work, not regulation memorization.

  • Recognize a specimen identity mismatch as a stop-and-escalate event, not a clerical fix
  • Explain why relabeling based on a verbal request alone is unsafe under any circumstance
  • Apply the correct escalation and recollection pathway, and document it as an identification incident

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