Continuous quality improvement for point-of-care testing using background monitoring of duplicate specimens

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 824-828

  Kilgore, Meredith L ^a   Steindel, Steven J ^b   Smith, John A ^c,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; LABORATORY TEST; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032859493     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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