Recommendation to treat continuous variable errors like attribute errors

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 797-798

  Krouwer, Jan S ^a,b  

^a Krouwer Consulting   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribute; Failure mode effects analysis (FMEA); Medical error; Quality; Regulation; Uncertainty interval

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTE ERROR; CONTINUOUS VARIABLE ERROR; FAILURE MODE EFFECT ANALYSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY;

HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33745201613     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.152     Document Type: Article

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