Evaluation of turnaround times as a component of quality assurance in surgical pathology

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-245

  Ribe, Adriana ^a   Ribalta, Teresa ^a   Lledó, Rafael ^a   Torras, Gloria ^a   Asenjo, Miguel A ^a   Cardesa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artatomic pathology; Biopsy; Quality assurance; Surgical specimen; Turnaround time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031836379     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/10.3.241     Document Type: Article

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