Preanalytical venous blood sampling practices demand improvement - A survey of test-request management, test-tube labelling and information search procedures

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Wallin, Olof ^a   Söderberg, Johan ^a   Van Guelpen, Bethany ^a   Stenlund, Hans ^a   Grankvist, Kjell ^a   Brulin, Christine ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood specimen collection; Guideline adherence; Medical errors; Phlebotomy; Questionnaires; Safety management

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 41849115905     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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