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Inaccurately identified specimens can lead to delayed or wrong diagnoses, missed or incorrect treatments, blood transfusion errors, and additional laboratory testing. The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority worked with hospitals in Pennsylvania to decrease blood specimen labeling error rates. View the Authority's blood specimen labeling toolkit to learn more.