Lost, mislabeled, and mishandled surgical and clinical pathology specimens: A systematic review of published literature.

Objectives: To perform a systematic review of published academic literature related to lost, mislabeled, and mishandled surgical and clinical pathology specimens during the preanalytical stage.

Methods: The authors used Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to search PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Scopus for relevant articles published from January 1, 1990, to May 1, 2023.

Results: The authors screened 1313 articles and identified 44 peer-reviewed, English-language articles published between 1990 and 2021 for inclusion in the final systematic review.

'That gave me a lot of comfort, that he would ask my opinion about how we wanted to talk about this': A qualitative analysis of clinical communication experiences of ostomy patients.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the communication challenges and successes that people with ostomies experienced during their healthcare encounters.

Design: We conducted semistructured interviews of people with ostomies. Interviews focused on important social situations and health communication strategies for managing these situations.