National survey on the pre-analytical variability in a representative cohort of Italian laboratories

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1491-1494

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,c   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Giavarina, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errors; Laboratory testing; Pre analytical variability; Standardisation; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33845706155     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.274     Document Type: Article

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