Guidelines for point-of-care testing: Haematology

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 904-915

  Briggs, Carol ^a,h   Guthrie, David ^b   Hyde, Keith ^c   Mackie, Ian ^d   Parker, Norman ^e   Popek, Mary ^a   Porter, Neil ^f   Stephens, Clare ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g North Locality Barnet PCT   (United Kingdom)

^h British Society for Haematology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; External quality assurance; Instrument evaluation; Point of care committee; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ACCREDITATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

ACCREDITATION; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL RECORDS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 50049088224     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07274.x     Document Type: Review

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