Prevalence and type of preanalytical errors on inpatient samples referred for complete blood count

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 53, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 555-556

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Bassi, Antonella ^a   Solero, Giovanni Pietro ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complete blood count; Errors; Hematological testing; Preanalytical variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PHLEBOTOMY; SAMPLING ERROR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ITALY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 38649116345     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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