Quality Improvement in Laboratory Medicine: Extra-Analytical Issues

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-294

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Fostini, Roberto ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a Istituto di Chimica e Microscopia Clinica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; HEMOLYSIS; HYPERKALEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 43249110698     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2007.12.007     Document Type: Review

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