Corrections of clinical chemistry test results in a laboratory information system

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 890-892

  Wang, Sihe ^a,b   Ho, Virginia ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY; LABORATORY ERROR; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 3543031639     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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