Measurement of variation in videotaped outpatient phlebotomies: A model for phlebotomy improvement

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-185

  Ho, Andrew ^a   Purdy, Lisa ^a   Adrian, Bonnie ^a   Higa, Thomas ^a   Cembrowski, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATHOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TRAINING; VIDEOTAPE;

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EID: 0036182943     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LJUT-K8C6-L9WX-E00P     Document Type: Article

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