Preanalytic error tracking in a Laboratory Medicine Department: Results of a 1-year experience [11]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1442-1443

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Bassi, Antonella ^a   Brocco, Giorgio ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AUTOMATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TECHNOLOGY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33745453893     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.069534     Document Type: Letter

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