An audit of microbiology laboratory utilization: The diagnosis of infection in orthopedic surgery

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-522

  Gyssens, I C ^a,b   Smits Caris, C ^a   Stolk Engelaar, M V ^a   Slooff, T J J H ^a   Hoogkamp Korstanje, J A A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audit; Microbiology laboratory; Quality control; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE;

EID: 0030731683     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00301.x     Document Type: Article

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