College of American pathologists 2003 fresh frozen serum proficiency testing studies

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 292-293

  Klee, George G ^a   Killeen, Anthony A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FRESH FROZEN SERUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARKETING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PROFICIENCY TESTING; QUALITY CONTROL; SERUM; STANDARD;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DATA COLLECTION; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PLASMA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844333574     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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