Quality assurance of point-of-care testing in the Costa del Sol Healthcare Area (Marbella, Spain)

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 113-118

  Hortas, Maria Luisa ^a   Montiel, Natalia ^a   Redondo, Maximino ^a   Medina, Angeles ^a   Contreras, Eugenio ^b   Cortés, Carmen ^b   González, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^b Andalusian Health Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laboratory; Point of care; Primary care; Quality

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACCREDITATION; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HEALTH CARE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NURSING STAFF; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; URINALYSIS;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035031324     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00441-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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