Establishing a simple and sustainable quality assurance program and clinical chemistry services in Eritrea

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1945-1953

  Scott, Mitchell G ^a   Morin, Susan ^b,c   Hock, Karl G ^a   Seyoum, Melles ^b   Ladenson, Jack H ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Health Laboratory   (Eritrea)

^c Pathologists Overseas Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ERITREA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ERITREA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 35648958106     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.093039     Document Type: Article

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