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Table 2 The status of pathology errors by different department

From: Evaluation of errors related to surgical pathology specimens of different hospital departments with a patient safety approach: a case study in Iran

The department

Without

errors

Percentage

Error

Percentage

Total

Percentage

Operating rooms

2872

90.12%

315

9.88%

3187

100%

Surgical departments

530

82.43%

113

17.57%

643

100%

Maternity

749

86.89%

113

13.11%

862

100%

Non-surgical

397

88.81%

50

11.19%

447

100%

Endoscopy

210

87.50%

30

12.50%

240

100%

Intensive Care Units

213

89.50%

25

10.50%

238

100%

Total

4971

88.50%

646

11.50%

5617

100%