Improving the quality of near-patient blood glucose measurement

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 281-286

  Rumley, A G ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Operator training; Point of care testing; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0030975916     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329703400310     Document Type: Article

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