National survey on critical values reporting in a cohort of Italian laboratories

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1411-1413

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,e   Giavarina, Davide ^b   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Luca Salvagno, Gian ^a   Cappelletti, Piero ^c   Plebani, Mario ^d   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical values; Laboratory testing; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FAX; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; ITALY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35048840107     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.288     Document Type: Article

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