Root cause analysis of laboratory turnaround times for patients in the emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 116-122

  Fernandes, Christopher M B ^a,c   Worster, Andrew ^a   Hill, Stephen ^a,b   McCallum, Catherine ^b   Eva, Kevin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laboratory; Quality improvement; Root cause analysis; Turnaround times

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; QUALITY CONTROL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 18244392663     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009088     Document Type: Article

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