Root cause analysis of pre-microscopic errors in anatomical pathology using Eindhoven classification.

Objective: To evaluate pre-microscopic errors in anatomical pathology.

Methods: The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at the Department of Pathology of a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, from September, 2016, to January, 2017, and comprised surgical pathology specimens. Errors were noted across the pre-microscopic process.