Implementation of an integrated instrument control and data management system for point of care blood gas testing

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 169-173

  Bernard, D ^a   Vanhee, D ^a   Blaton, V ^a  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Laboratory management; Local area network; Remote control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOMATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 0035036664     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00461-2     Document Type: Article

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