Audit of internal quality control practice and processes in the south-east of England and suggested regional standards

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-139

  Housley, David ^a   Kearney, Edward ^b   English, Emma ^c   Smith, Natalie ^a   Teal, Teresa ^d   Mazurkiewicz, Janina ^d   Freedman, Danielle B ^a  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 44249107557     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2007.007028     Document Type: Article

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