Process improvement and operational efficiency through test result autoverification

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2406-2408

  Torke, Narayan ^a   Boral, Leonard ^a   Nguyen, Tracy ^a   Perri, Angela ^a   Chakrin, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Ambulatory and Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; URINALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 28044466400     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.054395     Document Type: Article

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