STAT turnaround time: Satellite and point-to-point testing

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 684-688

  Mohammad, Amin A ^a   Summers, Helen ^a   Burchfield, James E ^a   Petersen, John R ^a   Bissell, Michael G ^a   Okorodudu, Anthony O ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; PERFORMANCE; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 0029793338     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/labmed/27.10.684     Document Type: Article

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