Mechanisms to assess Gram stain interpretation proficiency of technologists at satellite laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3754-3758

  Munson, Erik ^a,b   Block, Timothy ^a   Basile, Janice ^a   Hryciuk, Jeanne E ^a   Schell, Ronald F ^c,d  

^a Wheaton Franciscan and Midwest Clinical Laboratories   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRAM STAINING; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PHENAZINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 36349017306     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01632-07     Document Type: Article

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