Clinical laboratory specimen rejection - Association with the site of patient care and patients' characteristics: Findings from a single health care organization

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 588-592

  Stark, Azadeh ^a   Jones, Bruce A ^a   Chapman, Deborah ^a   Well, Karen ^a   Krajenta, Richard ^a   Meier, Frederick A ^a   Zarbo, Richard J ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147132765     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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