Preanalytic indicators of laboratory performances and quality improvement of laboratory testing

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 52, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 457-462

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CISMEL (Comitato Italiano per la Standardizzazione dei Metodi Ematologici e di Laboratorio)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indicators; Laboratory medicine; Preanalytic variability; Quality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MATERIALS HANDLING; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33750465173     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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