Educational intervention together with an on-line quality control program achieve recommended analytical goals for bedside blood glucose monitoring in a 1200-bed university hospital

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 876-879

  Sánchez Margalet, Víctor ^a   Rodriguez Oliva, Manuel ^a   Sánchez Pozo, Cristina ^a   Fernández Gallardo, María Francisca ^a   Goberna, Raimundo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Educational intervention; Glucose meter; Glucose monitoring; On line quality control; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN;

EID: 26844464675     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.147     Document Type: Article

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