Selecting automation for the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1063-1069

  Melanson, Stacy E F ^a   Lindeman, Neal I ^a   Jarolim, Petr ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES;

EID: 34447320222     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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