Validation of a quality assessment system for blood gas and electrolyte testing

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 382, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Toffaletti, John G ^a   McDonnell, Elizabeth H ^a   Ramanathan, Lakshmi V ^b   Tolnai, Judit ^b   Templin, Rozanna ^c   Pompa, Lynn ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood gases; Electrolytes; Point of care testing; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; SODIUM;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 34249028658     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.03.021     Document Type: Article

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