Pharmacy-based laboratory services: Past or future and risk or opportunity?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-436

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,d   Siest, Gérard ^b   Plebani, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laboratory diagnostics; Pharmacy; Point of care testing; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROTHROMBIN;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACIES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 44949187656     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.116     Document Type: Review

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