Advantages of combined touch screen technology and text hyperlink for the pathology grossing manual: a simple approach to access instructive information in biohazardous environments

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 420-425

  Qu, Zhenhong ^a   Ghorbani, Rhonda P ^a   Li, Hongyan ^a   Hunter, Robert L ^a   Hannah, Christina D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross examination; Hyperlinks; Pathology; Procedure manual; Touch screen

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; COMPUTER MOUSE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; LABORATORY; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY;

CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; HYPERMEDIA; MANUALS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33846865592     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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