Continuous monitoring of stat and routine outlier turnaround times: Two College of American Pathologists Q-Tracks monitors in 291 hospitals

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 621-626

  Novis, David A ^a   Walsh, Molly K ^b   Dale, Jane C ^c   Howanitz, Peter J ^d  

^a Wentworth Douglass Hospital   (United States)

^b Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; STANDARD; TIME;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; POTASSIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4844231473     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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