Cytotechnologist productivity standards: Monitoring performance in a TQM environment

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 403-405

  Bedrossian, Ursula K ^a   Zaleski, Sue ^b  

^a DMC University Laboratories   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030834406     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199712)17:6<403::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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