Effects of restructuring on the performance of microbiology laboratories in Alberta

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 357-361

  Church, Deirdre L ^a,b,c   Don Joe, Connie ^b   Unger, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Lab Proficiency Testing Program   (Canada)

^c CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALBERTA; BACTERIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0034104410     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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