PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Smith, Maxwell L
AU  - Wendel-Spiczka, Amy J
AU  - Zarka, Matthew A
TI  - Decreased faux addenda following standardisation of pathologist practice
AID  - 10.1136/jclinpath-2015-202931
DP  - 2015 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 931--934
VI  - 68
IP  - 11
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/68/11/931.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/68/11/931.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2015 Nov 01; 68
AB  - Aims We wanted to improve the quality of histopathology addenda and amendments by introducing standardised nomenclature and procedures.Methods We standardised amendment and addenda definitions, implemented a pathologist visual work tool, and evaluated and quantitated all amendments and addenda for 3 months prior to implementation and 17 months after.Results In the 3-month pre-intervention period, 32 of 979 addenda (3.3%) were misused and 18 of 98 amendments (18.4%) were incorrectly classified. In the 17-month post-intervention period, 57 of 5906 addenda (1.0%) were misused and 54 of 752 amendments (7.2%) were incorrectly classified. These differences were statistically significant (p<0.0001).Conclusions The introduction of standardised nomenclature and a visual work tool significantly improved the quality of histopathology addenda and amendments.