Laboratory errors: How to improve pre- and post-analytical phases?;Laboratorijske pogreške: Kako poboljšati prije- i poslijeanalitičke faze?

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-9

  Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCREDITATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; BLOOD CLOTTING; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 34347401827     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/bm.2007.001     Document Type: Editorial

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