Rubric ⚠ Error in the bacteriology department. Untimely replacement of culture media. ❗ In one laboratory, the same batch of culture media, whose shelf life was nearing its end, was used for a long time. As a result, culture results were incorrect: either the true pathogen was not detected in patients, or false-positive results were obtained. One patient received treatment directed against non-existent pathogenic flora, as a result of which their true infection continued to progress and led to complications. ❓ In your opinion, who should control the expiration dates of reagents and culture media in the laboratory?
🙏 Project “Repentance”. This is a special section where everyone can anonymously confess their laboratory error. For this, we have created a special Google form, which you can fill out without providing your name.
👉 We recommend watching the video lesson: Diagnostic errors due to negligence of clinical laboratory staff. Working on mistakes.
