Point of care testing by health care professionals: Current practice amongst the UK National External Quality Assessment Scheme Participants

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 320-321

  Kitchen, D P ^a   Kitchen, S ^a   Jennings, I ^a   Woods, T A L ^a   Walker, I D ^a   Preston, F E ^a  

^a UK NEQAS for Blood Coagulation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

INR monitoring; Point of care; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEMOSTASIS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THROMBOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 24944585676     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05610.x     Document Type: Letter

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