Managing transferability of laboratory data

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 57-62

  Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,c   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,c   Solero, Giovanni Pietro ^a   Poli, Giovanni ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b,d  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologico Biomediche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Comitato Italiano per la Standardizzazione dei Metodi Ematologici e di Laboratorio ^*  (Italy)

^d Centro di Ricerca Biomedica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interval of reference; Laboratory testing; Quality specifications; Transferability; Trueness

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NORMAL VALUE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 33750084752     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.06.009     Document Type: Review

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