Laboratory medicine: Value for patients is the goal [7]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1873-1874

  Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 34848847208     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.090563     Document Type: Letter

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