A system for recording pre-analytical errors and calculating quality indicators;Registro de incidencias y cálculo de indicadores de calidad en la fase preanalítica

Quimica Clinica

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-80

  Mugueta Uriaque, Ma del Carmen ^a   Alegre Martinez E ^a   Varo Cenarruzabeitia, N ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez A ^a   Gil Calvo, M J ^a   Monreal Marquiegui, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health care; Quality assurance; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECORDING; STAFF TRAINING; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 44949218224     PISSN: 11392436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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