Lab in Breast Removal Mix-Up Changes Policy
From Times Wire Reports
The company responsible for a laboratory mix-up that led to the unnecessary removal of a woman’s breasts has changed procedures to guard against similar mistakes, officials said.
Work folders given at Hospital Pathology Associates in St. Paul will not contain tissue samples from more than one patient.
Linda McDougal, 46, of Woodville, Wis., was diagnosed with cancer in May at United Hospital after tissue from her biopsy was switched with tissue from another woman. She elected to have a double mastectomy.
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